Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Planetary alignments may guide the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, boosting chances of detecting alien technosignatures ...

NASA has not reestablished contact with its MAVEN Mars orbiter since a planned communications blackout ended Jan. 16.

NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) spacecraft, which has been exploring Mars for over a decade, is currently silent after unexpectedly losing contact in December 2025. Despite a ...

When the general public thinks about NASA, they likely think about space shuttles, rockets, satellites, and the International Space Station in Earth's lower orbit. Despite NASA's future without the ...

The Artemis II crew will rely on the Deep Space Network for communication and navigation during their mission, which could launch as early as February. - NASA / Mark Sowa On the 18th day of the ...

NASA is persistently trying to reestablish contact with its silent MAVEN Mars spacecraft, despite losing contact in December ...

One of NASA's deep space antennas that has been critical for communication with spacecraft for years hasn't been working since September 16, 2025. Located in Goldstone, California, the antenna ...

NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications technology has successfully shown that data encoded in lasers can be reliably transmitted, received, and decoded after traveling millions of miles from Earth ...

For decades, the search for alien intelligence has revolved around the question: if someone out there is listening, how could they hear us? A new study combining data from Penn State and NASA’s Jet ...