In a recent study, the researchers used an A.I. system to discover dozens of previously unidentified fast radio bursts from a source some three billion light years away. The fast radio bursts were picked from out from a data set that had already been analyzed by astronomers.

Researchers at the University of Zurich have shown how space farming may be possible. By encouraging plants to excrete a certain hormone, they’ve demonstrated that crops can thrive despite challenging conditions, such as low-nutrient soil and microgravity.

The European Space Agency is developing an astronaut center in Cologne, Germany, where it will replicate the surface of the moon. Dubbed Luna, the facility will be used to test new technology and tools that future crews may find handy while exploring our nearest cosmic neighbor.

The story of the cigar-shaped comet called 'Oumuamua just got a little bit weirder now that researchers from the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics say the outer-space object may actually be an alien probe.

Scientists are beginning to worry about five new strains of microbes found in the toilet on the International Space Station. They're similar to recently discovered multi-drug resistant bacteria on Earth but they don't pose an immediate health risk to astronauts.

Researchers from the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute and Astrobotic Technology have demonstrated a way that astronauts may be able to map Martian caves using a Lidar-equipped drone that can travel autonomously without GPS. The first field test was successful.

NASA is considering a plan to send rover to the moon in the mid-2020s. It would touch down a few hundred feet from one of the moon’s deep pits and deploy a smaller rover, Axel, to rappel hundreds of feet into the caverns that pockmark the moon’s surface.

A new study from researchers at the German Aerospace Center shows that some microbes (in particular, the “extremophiles,” or ones that live in extreme conditions) can inhabit the inhospitable environment of space outside the International Space Station (ISS). The study raises hope for life on Mars.

Scheduled to launch from Sriharikota barrier islands on June 20, the rocket will deliver American, Indian, Canadian, and German satellites into orbit

Prisma, a Russian-made photo app, allows users to customize their images by feeding photos through an AI that "repaints" them in the style of great artists.

There are better things than tape to cover your webcam and new Kickstarter campaign offers a super thin and functional solution.

A new interactive robot named Jia Jia is unveiled in China. Its creators hope it will one day develop into an intelligent "robot goddess."

When Carv began developing the Strandbeest-inspired walking bike in 2014, it couldn’t have known the beast that it would create.

2019 was full of big scientific news and breakthroughs, so we rounded up all of the best headlines for your perusal

A team of researchers from Purdue University have designed a patch that can help measure radiation exposure in nearly real time for radiologists and nuclear disaster responders. They're simple, made out of little more than paper and yeast, and cost pennies on the dollar.

Infants at risk of cerebral palsy are getting a bit of support from a skateboard, robot, and machine-learning algorithm at the University of Oklahoma

Alleged criminals might not be the only ones who would benefit from pleading the Fifth.

Publications like the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, NBC, Yahoo News and the non-profit Pro Publica, use robot-journalists to write the news.

In a rare news conference, Xu Dazhe, the head of the China National Space Administration, has reiterated the country's plan to land on Mars by 2020.

NASA hopes to study this tissue in an effort to make deep space travel safer and save astronauts from extreme experimentation.

the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) commissioned construction company Kajima to build autonomous, extraterrestrial construction machinery.

Close-up observations from NASA’s Curiosity rover have revealed a unique kind of wind-sculpted sand ripples on the Red Planet.

The rover will help NASA investigate Martian surface rocks for signs of prior life, collect samples, and store them for recovery by future missions.

NASA is developing methods to support massless exploration, beginning with resource processing plants on the Moon and Mars.

The European Space Agency uploaded the last of its commands to the ExoMars spacecraft, telling the spacecraft what to do once it arrives at the red planet.

President Barack Obama revisited Mars this morning in a piece published by CNN.

The team behind the NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Obiter had too many images to analyze without a little help. So they asked volunteers to offer a hand.

To save Earth and settle Mars, two organizations have teamed up for a Kickstarter campaign with enormous implications.

The Mars Ice Home is a lightweight shelter that can be transported ahead of time and deployed by robotics, before the crew arrives to fill the outer layer.

An international crew of six enter a geodesic dome atop Hawaii’s Mauna Loa to begin an eight-month experiment on isolation and confinement.

NASA plans to study Martian soil and, hopefully, devise a way to extract metals that could then be used to 3D print a human habitat.

NASA is developing a small scout robot called the Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Robot (PUFFER) to accompany the next generation of rovers.

Future Martians may live in brick buildings made of Martian soil, thanks to a team of engineers at the University of California, San Diego.

NASA collaborated with researchers to design an inflatable greenhouse that can be deployed in space to produce fresh vegetables.