Space Alien Research Could Get Its First Grad Program
Scientists aim to make the search for extraterrestrial intelligence academically respectable
Stories by Sarah Scoles
The Good Kind of Crazy: The Quest for Exotic Propulsion
Traditional rockets won't get us to the stars. Some scientists are pushing against the edges of physics to find out what will
Physicists Go Deep in Search of Dark Matter
A laboratory buried nearly a mile beneath South Dakota is at the forefront of a global push for subterranean science
World's Largest Radio Telescope Faces a Troubling Future
The National Science Foundation is considering pulling its support from the famous Arecibo radio dish in Puerto Rico
NASA Considers Its Next Flagship Space Telescope
The space agency has embarked on a long and arduous process to select a new grand space observatory that will meet the needs of astronomers in the mid-2030s
