Publication Alert! "The Secret Life of the Universe" by Dr. Nathalie Cabrol, the SETI Institute's chief scientist and Director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute, is coming out this week, ...

Black hole mergers have long fascinated scientists, as these cosmic events offer a glimpse into the mysteries of the universe. Recent discoveries have revealed unprecedented details about these ...

A new paper gives fellow quantum physicists a tool to help explore the geometry of the universe. They say one qubit’s behavior, regardless of its starting position, forms a predictable geometric idea.

On what might have been the proudest day of Jack Burns’s long career in astronomy, he was sitting on a beach. Orbital dynamics and launch schedules wait for no one, and Burns couldn’t move his ...

We are entering a new era of cosmic exploration. The new Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will transform astronomy with its extraordinary ability to map the universe in breathtaking detail. It is set ...

Let’s start with the personal. Writing honestly makes me feel stripped and exposed. But that is the kind of writing that I am personally drawn to. I write what I know, not because I like being ...