A flash of luck helped astronomers solve a cosmic mystery: What causes powerful but fleeting radio bursts that zip and zigzag through the universe? Scientists have known about these energetic pulses — ...

Dark matter remains one of science's greatest mysteries, possibly making up 85% of all matter in the universe. Despite decades of research, its exact nature is unknown. One leading candidate to ...

A Cosmic solar flare erupted on May 10, triggering radio blackouts and a CME. It may spark possible northern lights on Earth ...

A mysterious, one-off radio burst was received from deep-space in September 2018. Now we know where it came from. Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that.

This image from video animation provided by NASA in November 2020 depicts a powerful X-ray burst erupting from a magnetar – a supermagnetized version of a stellar remnant known as a neutron star. A ...

A UK startup wants to build a cosmic radio station in the Moon’s orbit to listen to radio waves from the early universe. Blue Skies Space has secured a contract from the Italian Space Agency to design ...