A strange X-ray beacon from deep space has revived a decades-old mystery and opened a window onto one of the universe’s most violent possibilities. Astronomers now suspect that this flicker in the ...

Space is the final frontier, right? That's what science fiction loves to say, and there's a lot of whimsy and wonder behind such a statement. But that's for a fairly good reason. After all, it's not a ...

What seemed like a throwaway nod to 'Star Trek' history in the 'Starfleet Academy' trailers may have something more to it. Reading time 3 minutes Star Trek loves itself an unsolved mystery to pick up ...

A UNI student in Wind Cave in South Dakota (UNI photo) Researchers from the University of Northern Iowa are exploring some of the nation’s deepest caves to learn about life in extreme environments, ...

This screenshot from CCTV (China Central Television) shows China’s first moon rover Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, in an image taken by the camera on the Chang’e 3 moon lander, Dec. 15, 2013. China does not ...