Researchers have confirmed a new gravitational wave event originating from a violent collision in deep space. The signal, detected across multiple observatories, shows properties unlike previous ...

This engine won't be fueling interstellar missions, but still finds an unexpected way to use deep space energy to generate power. Reading time 3 minutes Deep space may provide hidden sources of energy ...

The aging infrastructure of the Deep Space Network is operating at capacity and in desperate need of an upgrade. The latest news isn't helping. Reading time 3 minutes A massive antenna used to ...

A problem with the Mars Antenna, a giant NASA radio dish in California, has disrupted the Deep Space Network's spacecraft communication efforts, as well as asteroid studies, since Sept. 16, 2025.

Astronomers have discovered phosphine gas in the atmosphere of an ancient brown dwarf, Wolf 1130C, using the James Webb Space Telescope. The finding is puzzling because phosphine, a potential ...

Claire North is a successful and prolific novelist, writing under three separate names, but this is their first shift into classic science fiction, i.e. a novel with spaceships in it. I loved the ...

Astronomers have captured a haunting image of a “cosmic bat” spreading its wings across deep space. This nebula, 10,000 light-years away, glows crimson as newborn stars ignite clouds of gas and dust.

Star Trek fans finally look set to discover what happened to Deep Space Nine captain Benjamin Sisko — a mystery left unanswered for more than 25 years. Deep Space Nine's series finale saw Sisko ...

Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a star-studded nebula scene that conjures the image of a colossal baboon raging in the depths of space. The outline of the cosmic simian's mouth and face are ...

A 3.5-gallon volume of deep space, specifically within the Milky Way's Orion-Cygnus Arm, would contain approximately 4 million neutrinos and about 13,000 gas atoms, predominantly hydrogen and helium.

Officials celebrate the completion of a new ESA deep space communications antenna at the New Norcia site in Western Australia. Credit: ESA SYDNEY — The European Space Agency has inaugurated a new deep ...

CAPE CANAVERAL — At 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 24, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying NASA’s IMAP, a Princeton-led mission to understand the Sun’s impact on ...