How astronomers plan to detect the signatures of alien life in the atmospheres of distant planets

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large space telescope which collects light at infrared wavelengths. It has been ...

Pandora, a keen-eyed satellite built to study exoplanets, readies for launch

Pandora, the latest in a long portfolio of University of Arizona's space science missions, has cleared its last major ...

Google’s Former C.E.O. Wants to Build a Cosmic Search Engine

Eric and Wendy Schmidt are backing a start-up-like approach to building a giant space telescope and powerful ground ...
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China's 'artificial sun' reactor shatters major fusion limit — a step closer to near-limitless clean energy.

China's EAST nuclear fusion reactor has successfully kept plasma stable at extreme densities, passing a major fusion ...