A recent discovery of a mysterious gas in deep space has left astronomers in a state of shock. This revelation is the latest ...

New research has traced a radio burst from deep in the Milky Way back to its original source. Mark Garlick/University of Warwick/ESO Astronomers are dialed in for this discovery. Researchers for the ...

Voyager 1’s sudden return to coherent communication has turned a near-elegy for the spacecraft into a fresh scientific ...

The Big Bang is often described as the explosive birth of the universe – a singular moment when space, time and matter sprang into existence. But what if this was not the beginning at all? What if our ...

The pilot of a deep-space survey ship is found murdered in his cabin, and a junior security officer has to solve the crime before it’s too late. That’s the plot of SecFor, a new movie that hopes to ...

In a new study, scientists began pondering a pretty wild question: What if black holes can convert dead star matter into dark energy, the mystery force driving the acceleration of the expansion of the ...

Perched high in the foothills of Chile’s Andes mountains, a revolutionary new space telescope has just taken its first pictures of the cosmos—and they’re spectacular. Astronomers are excited about the ...

It's been a long, strange trip for this universe we call home. Follow its development and take a peek at what's ahead with the Mysteries of Deep Space interactive timeline. Simply click on the ...