The LaserSETI project, a pioneering initiative from the SETI Institute, continues to push the boundaries of optical SETI ...

The American Astronomical Society (AAS), the SETI Institute, and the NASA Community College Network (NCCN) have teamed up to ...

Last week, the NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory released its First Look images, including stunning views of the Trifid and Lagoon nebulae, an astounding Cosmic Treasure Chest of stars and galaxies, and a ...

What physical activity gives you joy? Whether it’s walking, running, dancing or swimming, your body evolved to do it. We are made for movement. But there’s a cost, as anyone with a sore neck or aching ...

I became interested in earthquake research only about 15 years ago. I came to it from basic mineral physics - I wanted to understand defects in minerals that affect the physical properties of rocks ...

July 5, 2017, Mountain View, CA -- Jill Tarter is the subject of a new book by Sarah Scoles, Making Contact: Jill Tarter and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, which was released yesterday.

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Such pinprick light flashes could be routinely dotting the heavens today, but we wouldn’t know. Most telescopes are insensitive to short light pulses, and in any case are focused on tiny patches of ...

What happened at the beginning of time? What lies at the heart of a galaxy? These fundamental questions drive our exploration of black holes and the origins of the universe. Black holes are among the ...

Autonomous Field Detection (AFD) powered by GPS, enables the eVscope to pinpoint celestial objects of interest without complicated alignment procedures or expensive equatorial mounts. Thanks to AFD ...