Astronomers have described the first measurements of plasma layers within an interstellar shock wave that surrounds a pulsar.

Light can tie knots—literally. Engineers at Duke University have managed to manipulate laser beams to form intricate 3D patterns called optical knots, using custom-designed optics. These twisted beams ...

With the most powerful radio telescope in the southern hemisphere, we have observed a twinkling star and discovered an ...

For the past 35 years, an unusual radio signal from deep space has continued to reach Earth at regular intervals — every 22 ...

The Trump administration’s Signal chat leak represents the "profound" risk of "uncontrolled communication," which could have implications on future operations, a former national intelligence ...

President Donald Trump and his administration raised eyebrows about how they handled sensitive national security information long before his top national security advisor added a journalist to a ...

But a closer look at the messages posted on Signal — an encrypted but unsecured commercial texting app — and at what the group’s participants were doing when they were sent, reveal broader ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. “Mistake.” “Glitch.” “Entirely permissible.” “Hoax ...

The news of Trump officials using Signal for a group chat on military operations has raised many questions about just how secure such messaging apps are and the risks if government officials use ...

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But it’s also been an unprecedented name-recognition moment for the encrypted-communication app Signal, literally putting it in the top headlines around the world, and turning a national ...