Science / Space

Tycoons like Musk may want us to believe it’s ok for them to trash the planet in service to dreams of space, but there’s no Planet B, astronomer Lucian Walkowicz writes.

Researcher Peter Howson reports on how the global scramble for new space launch sites is harming people – from Indonesia to the Sámi homelands of Scandinavia.

Economy; Sent to space; Space and genocide; Toxic emissions.

As space becomes an increasingly vital arena for war, William J Astore tracks its increased militarization.

A new space race is set to worsen global inequality and extend conflict. We need to return to seeing space as a place for all humankind, argues Nick Dowson.