Final tests of NASA's laser beam communication technology suggests we'll soon have a new way to keep in touch with astronauts and spacecraft venturing into deep space.

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. As deep space probes continue to explore throughout the solar system and beyond, scientists on the ...

When you get the chance to go on vacation, take it by October 29, because you never know what may come. That was Harvard ...

A new project is collecting thousands of messages destined for the cosmos, coinciding with the anniversary of a landmark ...

Unlike optical telescopes, ALMA observes in the millimeter/submillimeter range, between infrared and longer radio waves.

Since the 1970s, Voyager 1 has been making groundbreaking discoveries. But its journey is far from over, and it's still ...

The effects of long-term stays in space can be negative on a number of biological systems, and this mission should help us to ...

Aug. 27 (UPI) --The European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer is ready for a planned flyby of Venus on Sunday after the agency fixed its communications system. ESA officials commonly refer to ...

The Deep Space Network (DSN) is just the sort of tool aliens could one-day detect, transmitting from Earth. Credit: NASA/JPL What if the first signal ever detected from an alien lifeform wasn't a ...

The European Deep Space Antenna Alliance (E-DSA²) formed by Thales Alenia Space, Schwartz Hautmont and mtex antenna technology, celebrated the inauguration of the European Space Agency’s NNO-3 deep ...