This gas needs an enormous amount of energy to shine — more than normal stars can supply. The discovery, based on data from ...

WUHAN -- China has unveiled the "Three Gorges Antarctic Eye," a 3.2-meter aperture radio/millimeter-wave telescope, at a scientific research station in Antarctica. Officially launched at the country's ...

The world's largest solar telescope has reached an important milestone. The data published now were obtained during the technical commissioning of the instrument.

Solar flares accelerate energetic electrons that escape into interplanetary space, guided by the Parker spiral magnetic field ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists analyzed far-away bodies -- known as Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) -- and found varying traces of methanol. The discoveries are helping them ...

The SETI Institute is bringing the search for extraterrestrial life to a broader group of budding scientists with new ...

Mountain View, CA – The SETI Institute announced it will expand its pilot program funded through a grant from the Amateur ...

For more than one minute, Ohio State University’s Big Ear radio telescope recorded waves from near the constellation ... chair of the International Academy of Astronautics' SETI Permanent Committee, ...

The search for alien life has long been focused on detecting signals from distant civilizations, primarily through ...

A novel way to find aliens might be through gravitational wave detection, Loeb says. He is interested in laser interferometry ...

Two groups in Kolkata related to astronomy have created what they claim to be the largest handmade telescope in the city — a 14.5-inch f/5 Dobsonian that is low-cost, powerful, and easy to handle.