The ruling party’s control over state institutions has come to look like ordinary governance. Reversing this capture is essential to restoring India’s constitutional democracy.

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Samples from Japan’s MMX mission could reveal how Phobos formed—and may contain pieces of Mars

Companies developing commercial space stations have varying opinions on the severity of the problem of how to get astronauts to and from those stations once SpaceX retires Crew Dragon.

A European Space Agency study has found it is technically and financially feasible for Europe to pursue development of a heavy-lift reusable rocket.

The Meteor-2 series was the second generation of soviet meteorological satellites. They were based on the Meteor-1 series.

Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.

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ArianeGroup has completed a second wet dress rehearsal of ESA's Themis reusable rocket demonstrator at Esrange.

The United States wants a reactor on the moon by 2030. A Russian-Chinese alliance is working on one for 2036. Some leading scientists say the danger is great.

Tobias Rausch, the far-right Alternative for Germany's (AFD's) nomination for speaker in Saxony-Anhalt's state parliament, has been elected with the help of the populist BSW party.

Public anger is growing over an exercise that critics say undermines the world’s largest democracy, particularly disenfranchising Muslims under the Hindu nationalist government.

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A newer program has been operational since 2011, and the next generation could launch within 12 months.

Amazon wants more than 5,000 satellites in orbit. Blue Origin has proposed another 5,400. Chinese companies have filed plans encompassing vastly more. Elon Musk has talked about a constellation numbering 1 million. There is one issue: building all of them. The unprecedented rush to put satellites into low Earth orbit is colliding with shortages of specialized components and materials, suppliers struggling to keep up and competition from the booming artificial intelligence industry.

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A Republican schism over a social-media post by a Texas politician revealed that the party’s defense of a color-blind meritocracy has its limits.