Space is the final frontier, right? That's what science fiction loves to say, and there's a lot of whimsy and wonder behind such a statement. But that's for a fairly good reason. After all, it's not a ...

The Big Bang is often described as the explosive birth of the universe – a singular moment when space, time and matter sprang into existence. But what if this was not the beginning at all? What if our ...

NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications technology has successfully shown that data encoded in lasers can be reliably transmitted, received, and decoded after traveling millions of miles from Earth ...

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

For years, scientists studying the chemistry of space have been puzzled by an odd problem—there simply isn’t as much sulfur floating around as expected. This element, essential for both planets and ...

A UNI student in Wind Cave in South Dakota (UNI photo) Researchers from the University of Northern Iowa are exploring some of the nation’s deepest caves to learn about life in extreme environments, ...

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

Space has always fascinated us, but not every mystery comes with comfort. Some are so unsettling that solving them might […] ...

Perched high in the foothills of Chile’s Andes mountains, a revolutionary new space telescope has just taken its first pictures of the cosmos—and they’re spectacular. Astronomers are excited about the ...

When humans are in a weightless environment for an extended period, their muscles atrophy due to lack of use. This phenomenon ...

For almost two decades, astronomers have been trying in vain to explain extremely bright flashes of radio bursts emanating from deep space. Despite only lighting up for a tiny fraction of a second, ...

There's no shortage of round celestial objects in our universe. Planets, moons and stars all exhibit lovely spherical shapes. But astronomers recently spotted a mysteriously circular orb deep in the ...