SETI's 1977 "Wow!" signal from deep space was even stronger than originally thought, but its source remains a complete ...

Estimating the chance of getting a message from life beyond Earth, say within the next decade, isn’t easy. Even the best experts are reluctant to offer precise odds. “Anybody who gave you a figure ...

The Discovery That Caught Researchers Off Guard Picture this. December 21, 2019, a regular night shift at the telescope array ...

Radio waves from Earth have been moving through space for more than a century. They did not start as part of any grand plan ...

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From the world's oldest known human fingerprint to genetic discoveries made using 2.2 million-year-old tooth enamel, this week's science news has taught us a lot about our ancient ancestors. But we've ...

Space used to be a mostly quiet backdrop for rockets and research. Now it is crowded with thousands of internet satellites ...

Astronomers studying a distant galaxy cluster stumbled upon ancient radio signals that might hold clues to the formation of the early universe. While studying the distant galaxy cluster known as ...

Whenever we study space, we’re usually talking about long-lasting objects, like our own solar system or faraway galaxies that occasionally catch our attention when something extraordinary happens. But ...

This is a bonus edition of Space Minds by SpaceNews. This week we’re at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs where we’ll record an episode Monday through Thursday. Our guest today is Clay Mowry, ...

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