NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications technology has successfully shown that data encoded in lasers can be reliably ...

Ukrainian defense forces destroyed a giant radio telescope in Crimea, a powerful planetary transmitter once used to support ...

For decades, the search for alien intelligence has revolved around the question: if someone out there is listening, how could ...

Webb telescope captures a young giant star firing off an 8-light-year gas jet, and revealing how massive stars form.

The International Deep Space Exploration Association (IDSEA) signals China’s ambition to become a central node in the ...

Astronomy isn’t just about distant stars; it’s also about the human effort here on Earth that makes it possible to extend our ...

NASA's Voyager 1 launched 48 years ago in September 1977 on a decades-spanning journey to study the cosmos and search for ...

“Using newer mathematical tools, my colleague and I have demonstrated a new theory that may accurately describe the universe.

Space isn’t completely silent. In clusters of galaxies, astronomers have recorded deep sound waves—haunting tones that travel ...

Astrophotographer Ronald Brecher captured a haunting vista in July earlier this year, in which several deep-sky objects take ...

That may be about to change: NASA is preparing a brand new mission that will travel 1 million miles away from Earth in order to map the boundaries of the heliosphere, offering clues to scientists ...

For decades, Europe has relied upon the U.S. for its security among the stars. But the Trump administration’s “America First” ...