
New Revelations Raise Pressure on NASA to Rename the James Webb Space Telescope
E-mailed exchanges show the space agency’s internal struggle to address pleas to change the controversial name of its latest, greatest observatory
E-mailed exchanges show the space agency’s internal struggle to address pleas to change the controversial name of its latest, greatest observatory
Twenty years after their initial detection, enigmatic blasts from the sky are starting to deliver tentative answers, as well as plenty of science
With nearly $2 million in private funding, the controversial new initiative is targeting unidentified phenomena in Earth’s skies and beyond
Recent results from a pulsar timing array, which uses dead stars to hunt for gravitational waves, has scientists speculating about cosmic strings and primordial black holes
The unexpected atmospheric detection of phosphine, a smelly gas made by microbes on Earth, could spark a revolution in astrobiology
The unexpected finding gives astronomers their first good look at previously missing “intermediate”-size black holes
Finding cosmic civilizations might require a more innovative approach than listening for radio transmissions
A new experiment places limits on the smallest possible increment of time
Space observations are poised to reveal more about the centre of one of the Universe’s most enigmatic objects
Astronomers are struggling to explain the repeated, milliseconds-long chirps from a mysterious source
This new detection—the second of its kind—raises new questions about the nature of these mysterious objects
A rocky world devoid of atmosphere arouses debate over the habitability of the Milky Way’s most common star systems
Unusual dips of light observed by the Kepler space telescope have so far confounded attempts at an explanation
A new race could be heating up to claim valuable moon terrain amid uncertain laws
Experts argue that more than 85 percent of the solar system should be left untouched so that we can sustainably move off-world
A blue-ribbon committee finds the science of astrobiology is worthy of deep integration into the space agency’s exploration efforts
Linguist Sheri Wells-Jensen explains the pitfalls in our assumptions about extraterrestrials
A new study suggests Proxima Centauri could sustain liquid water on its surface
After decades of searching, scientists are at last closing in on the sources of carbon-rich material in the Red Planet’s air and soil
Data from the Gaia spacecraft are radically transforming how we see the evolution of our galaxy
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