Astronomers have recently detected an intriguing “heartbeat signal” emanating from deep space, capturing the attention and ...

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 ...

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

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

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...