Before you break open the dictionary to grapple with terms such as kilohertz, plasma waves or the heliopause, there's a fundamental aspect of space exploration that still can make a 73-year-old ...

Humanity's fascination with the unknown is a timeless impulse, rooted in curiosity and the desire to push boundaries, uncover mysteries, and open doors to new frontiers. What were once represented by ...

Astronomers have captured new, detailed maps of three nearby interstellar gas clouds containing regions of ongoing high-mass star formation. The results of this survey, called the Star Formation ...

During comet 3I/ATLAS's closest approach to Earth, the Breakthrough Listen project attempted to search the interstellar visitor for signs of technosignatures, or signs of alien beings sending ...