US military officials believe Russia and China are aggressively testing new offensive space capabilities, pointing to a ...

Astronomers have identified the possible origin of unusual cosmic radio bursts, revealing a previously unknown source in deep ...

Light, heat, radio transmissions, and medical X-rays may not seem all that similar, yet they are all forms of electromagnetic radiation—waves moving through space (not just outer space ...

Scientists recently announced the first detection of gravitational waves created by two neutron ... After one such explosion blows a star's outer layers into space, the core remains—but it ...

Astronomers have found shock waves in outer space near pulsars and magnetars, in the hot disks of matter surrounding black holes, and other similar energetic objects. When a sufficiently massive ...

Tim Peake and Fran Scott explore what sound and light waves tell us about space. Can you make outer space in your kitchen? Tim Peake and Fran Scott explore outer space and comets. How do ...

Last year, CNN reported on Russia’s effort to develop a space-based nuclear weapon that would use a massive energy wave, known as an ... protect and defend in outer space. Stories about playing ...