New Scientist - Space https://www.newscientist.com/ https://www.newscientist.com/build/images/ns-logo-scaled.ed2dc11a.png https://www.newscientist.com daily 1 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435232-300-could-2025-be-the-year-we-finally-start-to-understand-dark-energy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 A map of 31 million galaxies created by the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument will be released next year, and could shed light on the origins of this mysterious force mg26435232-300-could-2025-be-the-year-we-finally-start-to-understand-dark-energy|2460805 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435231-400-the-stargazing-events-to-look-forward-to-in-2025/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 From auroras to partial eclipses of the sun, Leah Crane is planning out the astronomical events she will be watching next year mg26435231-400-the-stargazing-events-to-look-forward-to-in-2025|2460795 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435230-100-the-vera-c-rubin-observatory-gets-started-next-year-i-cant-wait/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Around the middle of 2025, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will begin its mission to help us better understand the cosmos. There's a lot to look forward to, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein mg26435230-100-the-vera-c-rubin-observatory-gets-started-next-year-i-cant-wait|2460772 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435230-400-the-best-science-fiction-novels-to-look-forward-to-in-2025/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 A Ken Liu, two Adrian Tchaikovsky novels, Succession-style drama (with added telepathy) and a Polish epic. Emily H. Wilson surveys 2025’s sci-fi mg26435230-400-the-best-science-fiction-novels-to-look-forward-to-in-2025|2460775 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435233-000-these-are-all-of-the-missions-heading-to-the-moon-in-2025/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 From Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander to SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System, around a dozen spacecraft teams have their sights on the moon mg26435233-000-these-are-all-of-the-missions-heading-to-the-moon-in-2025|2460812 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2452820-nasas-mars-helicopter-was-grounded-in-2024-after-surprise-success/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 20 Dec 2024 14:00:16 +0000 The Ingenuity autonomous helicopter surpassed all expectations to fly dozens of missions over several years on the Red Planet, only stopping this year when an accident damaged one of its rotors 2452820-nasas-mars-helicopter-was-grounded-in-2024-after-surprise-success|2452820 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2456158-the-best-space-images-from-2024/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 19 Dec 2024 09:00:39 +0000 This year has delivered some awe-inspiring imagery of space, from the James Webb Space Telescope’s stunning shots of faraway stars and galaxies to images of the skies taken from here on planet Earth 2456158-the-best-space-images-from-2024|2456158 https://www.newscientist.com/video/2459904-2024-review-stunning-jwst-images-that-reveal-the-beauty-of-space/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:00:24 +0000 In 2024 the James Webb Space Telescope released stunning new images of the beauty of space, here are the best 2459904-2024-review-stunning-jwst-images-that-reveal-the-beauty-of-space|2459904 https://www.newscientist.com/article/0-our-bumper-science-quiz-of-the-year-2024/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:54 +0000 From a fish with a tiny brain to the world’s oldest cheese, we have reported on plenty of strange and unusual science discoveries this year. Challenge yourself and see what you can remember in this fiendish set of questions from our quizmaster Bethan Ackerley 0-our-bumper-science-quiz-of-the-year-2024|2459070 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2458279-is-this-the-worlds-toughest-word-search-we-dare-you-to-try-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:54 +0000 We challenge you to find the scientific terms in this monster of a puzzle – and we’re not even telling you exactly what they are 2458279-is-this-the-worlds-toughest-word-search-we-dare-you-to-try-it|2458279 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2461106-earth-had-a-temporary-mini-moon-that-was-a-chunk-of-the-real-moon/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 17 Dec 2024 15:00:04 +0000 An asteroid orbiting near our planet that temporarily became our second moon seems to have come from the actual moon, hinting that a hidden population of lunar rocks is drifting in space 2461106-earth-had-a-temporary-mini-moon-that-was-a-chunk-of-the-real-moon|2461106 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2460906-saturns-rings-may-be-far-older-than-we-thought/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:00:37 +0000 The age of the rings that encircle Saturn is under dispute thanks to calculations that show they could have been formed billions – rather than millions – of years ago 2460906-saturns-rings-may-be-far-older-than-we-thought|2460906 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435210-700-dazzling-auroras-lit-up-the-skies-in-2024-and-we-may-see-more-in-2025/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 The northern lights, or aurora borealis, came strangely far south this year and there may be more of the same while the sun is experiencing a solar maximum mg26435210-700-dazzling-auroras-lit-up-the-skies-in-2024-and-we-may-see-more-in-2025|2459246 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2460512-the-sun-may-spit-out-giant-solar-flares-more-often-than-we-thought/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:00:15 +0000 A survey of more than 56,000 sun-like stars reveals that “superflares” that are linked to bursts of radiation which play havoc with electronics on Earth may happen every 100 to 200 years and we may be overdue one 2460512-the-sun-may-spit-out-giant-solar-flares-more-often-than-we-thought|2460512 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2460412-parker-solar-probe-will-soon-go-deeper-into-the-sun-than-ever-before/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 11 Dec 2024 21:22:03 +0000 On 24 December, the Parker Solar Probe will be the closest human-made object ever to a star, taking unprecedented measurements of the sun 2460412-parker-solar-probe-will-soon-go-deeper-into-the-sun-than-ever-before|2460412 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2460173-earth-may-have-had-its-water-delivered-by-a-vast-cloud-of-vapour/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:16:45 +0000 Rather than getting its water from impacts, our planet may have drawn in water vapour after the sun boiled it off early icy asteroids 2460173-earth-may-have-had-its-water-delivered-by-a-vast-cloud-of-vapour|2460173 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435210-300-space-was-for-sale-in-2024-as-private-missions-led-by-elon-musk-boomed/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 11 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000 From the first private moon landing to the first civilian spacewalk, Elon Musk’s SpaceX helped drive a big year for private space flight mg26435210-300-space-was-for-sale-in-2024-as-private-missions-led-by-elon-musk-boomed|2459242 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435201-700-exoplanet-plate-tectonics-a-new-frontier-in-the-hunt-for-alien-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 02 Dec 2024 16:35:00 +0000 Plate tectonics seems to be crucial for life on Earth, but we’ve never confirmed that it happens on other worlds - that may be about to change mg26435201-700-exoplanet-plate-tectonics-a-new-frontier-in-the-hunt-for-alien-life|2458487 https://www.newscientist.com/video/2459043-why-kelly-and-zach-weinersmith-are-sceptical-about-a-future-on-mars/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 06 Dec 2024 01:00:46 +0000 A City on Mars authors Kelly and Zach Weinersmith on whether we can settle space, whether we should settle space, and have we really thought it through? 2459043-why-kelly-and-zach-weinersmith-are-sceptical-about-a-future-on-mars|2459043 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435200-200-how-a-space-elevator-could-make-trips-to-the-moon-affordable-for-all/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 04 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Our Future Chronicles column explores an imagined history of inventions and developments yet to come. We journey to 2055, when a space elevator from the moon’s surface to near-Earth orbit was completed, opening space travel to all mg26435200-200-how-a-space-elevator-could-make-trips-to-the-moon-affordable-for-all|2458353 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2458602-a-small-asteroid-hit-earth-and-burned-up-over-siberia/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 03 Dec 2024 11:54:49 +0000 Astronomers spotted a 70-centimetre asteroid hours before it hit the atmosphere above northern Siberia, making a fireball in the sky 2458602-a-small-asteroid-hit-earth-and-burned-up-over-siberia|2458602 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2458263-life-on-mars-could-be-surviving-in-an-area-deep-underground/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 29 Nov 2024 11:01:47 +0000 The Acidalia Planitia region of the Red Planet might have all the requirements for methane-burping bacteria to exist beneath the surface 2458263-life-on-mars-could-be-surviving-in-an-area-deep-underground|2458263 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435190-400-the-best-new-science-fiction-books-of-2024/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 27 Nov 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Murder in space, a sexbot, a dystopian vision of the future: our science fiction columnist Emily H. Wilson picks her top five reads of 2024 mg26435190-400-the-best-new-science-fiction-books-of-2024|2457567 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2456588-super-bright-black-holes-could-reveal-if-the-universe-is-pixelated/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 26 Nov 2024 15:35:24 +0000 Space-time may not be continuous but instead made up of many discrete bits – and we may be able to see their effects near the edges of unusually bright black holes 2456588-super-bright-black-holes-could-reveal-if-the-universe-is-pixelated|2456588 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2457391-exploding-interstellar-space-rocks-could-explain-mystery-radio-flashes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 25 Nov 2024 08:00:19 +0000 Enigmatic phenomena called fast radio bursts might be caused by interstellar objects colliding with highly magnetised neutron stars 2457391-exploding-interstellar-space-rocks-could-explain-mystery-radio-flashes|2457391 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2457640-meteorite-crystals-show-evidence-of-hot-water-on-ancient-mars/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 22 Nov 2024 19:00:14 +0000 A rock that formed around 4.5 billion years ago on Mars before being blasted into space by a meteor strike and making its way to Earth contains telltale evidence that it was formed in the presence of hot water 2457640-meteorite-crystals-show-evidence-of-hot-water-on-ancient-mars|2457640 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2457490-bacteria-found-in-asteroid-sample-but-theyre-not-from-space/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 22 Nov 2024 14:42:05 +0000 The unexpected discovery of microbial life in a piece of rock from an asteroid shows how hard it is to avoid contaminating samples brought back to Earth 2457490-bacteria-found-in-asteroid-sample-but-theyre-not-from-space|2457490 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2433037-our-writers-pick-their-favourite-science-fiction-books-of-all-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 30 May 2024 16:00:33 +0100 We asked New Scientist staff to pick their favourite science fiction books. Here are the results, ranging from 19th-century classics to modern day offerings, and from Octavia E. Butler to Iain M. Banks 2433037-our-writers-pick-their-favourite-science-fiction-books-of-all-time|2433037 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2457273-weve-taken-a-photo-of-a-star-in-another-galaxy-for-the-first-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 21 Nov 2024 13:00:12 +0000 Using four telescopes linked together, astronomers have captured an astonishing image of a huge star more than 160,000 light years away 2457273-weve-taken-a-photo-of-a-star-in-another-galaxy-for-the-first-time|2457273 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435180-700-this-bold-experimental-slice-of-deep-space-sci-fi-is-just-brilliant/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 20 Nov 2024 18:00:00 +0000 In Adam Roberts's Lake of Darkness, two spaceships meet to study a black hole. Their research comes to an abrupt halt, however, when crew members start dying horribly, says Emily H. Wilson mg26435180-700-this-bold-experimental-slice-of-deep-space-sci-fi-is-just-brilliant|2456471 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2456887-planet-10-times-the-size-of-earth-is-one-of-the-youngest-ever-found/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:00:52 +0000 A large planet has been spotted orbiting a dwarf star that is just 3 million years old, offering possible clues to how the worlds in our solar system came into being 2456887-planet-10-times-the-size-of-earth-is-one-of-the-youngest-ever-found|2456887 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2457069-see-the-sun-revealed-in-stunning-glory-by-solar-orbiter-pictures/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 20 Nov 2024 10:00:24 +0000 The best pictures we have of the sun yet have been delivered thanks to the Solar Orbiter spacecraft 2457069-see-the-sun-revealed-in-stunning-glory-by-solar-orbiter-pictures|2457069 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2456892-being-in-space-makes-it-harder-for-astronauts-to-think-quickly/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 20 Nov 2024 05:00:24 +0000 The effects of being in space can worsen an astronaut's working memory, processing speed and attention - which could be a problem for future missions 2456892-being-in-space-makes-it-harder-for-astronauts-to-think-quickly|2456892 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2456766-einsteins-theories-tested-on-the-largest-scale-ever-he-was-right/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 20 Nov 2024 01:00:36 +0000 Analysis of millions of galaxies upholds Albert Einstein’s ideas about gravity and also offers tantalising new hints of how dark energy may have evolved 2456766-einsteins-theories-tested-on-the-largest-scale-ever-he-was-right|2456766 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455476-starship-live-watch-musk-launch-sixth-starship-test-as-trump-attends/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 19 Nov 2024 21:32:27 +0000 Elon Musk’s SpaceX is preparing for the sixth test flight of Starship, the world's most powerful rocket. It aims to conduct the launch at 4pm Central Time (10pm UK). Here’s everything we know so far 2455476-starship-live-watch-musk-launch-sixth-starship-test-as-trump-attends|2455476 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435171-000-how-i-learned-to-love-looking-at-the-moon-and-you-can-too/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 13 Nov 2024 18:00:00 +0000 The moon's glare can frustrate astronomers, but Leah Crane is a big fan of the jagged, cratered details of the lunar surface these days mg26435171-000-how-i-learned-to-love-looking-at-the-moon-and-you-can-too|2455465 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435170-900-a-new-life-on-mars-expect-toxic-dust-bad-vibes-and-insects-for-lunch/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000 You might have heard about plans to establish a self‑sustaining city on Mars. Here’s what life would really be like on the Red Planet mg26435170-900-a-new-life-on-mars-expect-toxic-dust-bad-vibes-and-insects-for-lunch|2455464 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2456391-a-unique-pair-of-galactic-lenses-may-help-solve-a-cosmological-riddle/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 15 Nov 2024 11:07:15 +0000 Two massive galaxies are bending light from the same distant quasar, creating a so-called Einstein zigzag lens that could help astronomers pin down how quickly the universe is expanding 2456391-a-unique-pair-of-galactic-lenses-may-help-solve-a-cosmological-riddle|2456391 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2456395-twin-spacecraft-will-launch-to-create-an-artificial-solar-eclipse/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 14 Nov 2024 16:48:22 +0000 The Proba-3 mission consists of two spacecraft that will fly in close formation to study the sun, with the shadow of one creating an artificial solar eclipse from the perspective of the other 2456395-twin-spacecraft-will-launch-to-create-an-artificial-solar-eclipse|2456395 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455903-orbital-wins-the-booker-prize-i-see-it-as-a-kind-of-space-pastoral/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 12 Nov 2024 22:01:06 +0000 Samantha Harvey has won the UK's top fiction prize for a novel that takes place over 24 hours on the International Space Station 2455903-orbital-wins-the-booker-prize-i-see-it-as-a-kind-of-space-pastoral|2455903 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455695-our-only-visit-to-uranus-came-at-an-unusual-time-for-the-planet/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:00:33 +0000 Voyager 2 flew by Uranus in 1986, giving us our only up-close look at the planet – but unusual space weather just before the craft arrived has given us a misleading idea about the planet’s magnetic field 2455695-our-only-visit-to-uranus-came-at-an-unusual-time-for-the-planet|2455695 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435160-600-if-an-asteroid-were-heading-towards-earth-could-you-avert-disaster/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 06 Nov 2024 16:55:00 +0000 From nuclear strikes to giant spikes, discover the systems in place to prevent a collision and test your decision-making to see if you could avoid a catastrophic impact mg26435160-600-if-an-asteroid-were-heading-towards-earth-could-you-avert-disaster|2454453 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2454502-why-does-our-universe-have-something-instead-of-nothing/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:00:21 +0000 In order to figure out how something came from nothing, we first need to explore the different types of nothing 2454502-why-does-our-universe-have-something-instead-of-nothing|2454502 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2454955-we-are-a-long-way-from-pregnancy-being-safe-on-mars/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 08 Nov 2024 09:00:20 +0000 Dangerous radiation reaches Mars at levels we aren't exposed to on Earth, which makes the Red Planet a particularly dangerous place to be during pregnancy 2454955-we-are-a-long-way-from-pregnancy-being-safe-on-mars|2454955 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455332-chinese-rover-finds-further-evidence-for-an-ancient-ocean-on-mars/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:00:28 +0000 Data collected by the Zhurong rover and orbiting satellites suggests the existence of an ancient shoreline in the Utopia Planitia region of Mars 2455332-chinese-rover-finds-further-evidence-for-an-ancient-ocean-on-mars|2455332 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435162-700-what-preparing-for-an-asteroid-strike-teaches-us-about-climate-change/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 06 Nov 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Averting an asteroid strike will need many of the same skills we must hone to tackle climate change and future pandemics mg26435162-700-what-preparing-for-an-asteroid-strike-teaches-us-about-climate-change|2454756 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455052-distant-dwarf-planet-makemake-might-have-a-surprising-ice-volcano/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 05 Nov 2024 20:26:31 +0000 A small world in the outer solar system appears to have volcanic activity possibly spurred by liquid water 2455052-distant-dwarf-planet-makemake-might-have-a-surprising-ice-volcano|2455052 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2453853-astronauts-could-hitch-a-ride-on-asteroids-to-get-to-venus-or-mars/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 29 Oct 2024 18:00:47 +0000 Asteroids that regularly fly between Earth, Venus and Mars could provide radiation shielding for human missions to explore neighbouring planets 2453853-astronauts-could-hitch-a-ride-on-asteroids-to-get-to-venus-or-mars|2453853 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2452297-10-stunning-james-webb-space-telescope-images-show-the-beauty-of-space/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 22 Oct 2024 22:52:48 +0100 Maggie Aderin-Pocock, who has worked on the JWST, catalogues the science behind its most stunning images in her new book, Webb's Universe. Here's her pick of the telescope’s best shots 2452297-10-stunning-james-webb-space-telescope-images-show-the-beauty-of-space|2452297 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2452967-nasa-is-developing-a-mars-helicopter-that-could-land-itself-from-orbit/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:00:48 +0100 The largest and most ambitious Martian drone yet could carry kilograms of scientific equipment over great distances and set itself down on the Red Planet unassisted 2452967-nasa-is-developing-a-mars-helicopter-that-could-land-itself-from-orbit|2452967 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2452199-complex-form-of-carbon-spotted-outside-solar-system-for-first-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 24 Oct 2024 20:00:36 +0100 Complex carbon-based molecules crucial to life on Earth originated somewhere in space, but we didn't know where. Now, huge amounts of them have been spotted in a huge, cold cloud of gas 2452199-complex-form-of-carbon-spotted-outside-solar-system-for-first-time|2452199 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2453017-a-supernova-may-have-cleaned-up-our-solar-system/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:55:58 +0100 A nearby star that exploded some 3 million years ago could have removed all dust smaller than a millimetre from the outer solar system 2453017-a-supernova-may-have-cleaned-up-our-solar-system|2453017 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435130-200-understated-sci-fi-drama-traverses-themes-of-immigration-and-identity/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 16 Oct 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Moin Hussain's debut feature film Sky Peals sees a man discover his father may be from outer space. Part sci-fi, part family drama, part coming-of-age tale, it is odd and otherworldly mg26435130-200-understated-sci-fi-drama-traverses-themes-of-immigration-and-identity|2451553 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435131-600-new-scientist-recommends-brian-coxs-new-series-solar-system/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 16 Oct 2024 19:00:00 +0100 The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week mg26435131-600-new-scientist-recommends-brian-coxs-new-series-solar-system|2451712 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435130-100-what-does-it-mean-to-look-at-a-black-hole/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 16 Oct 2024 19:00:00 +0100 General relativity teaches us that observing a black hole is all a question of perspective – and technique, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein mg26435130-100-what-does-it-mean-to-look-at-a-black-hole|2451552 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2452138-the-first-brown-dwarf-ever-found-was-the-strangest-now-we-know-why/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 16 Oct 2024 17:00:36 +0100 The first “failed star” ever discovered has been a weird outlier since it was found nearly 30 years ago. New observations show that it is unusually massive because it isn’t a single star after all 2452138-the-first-brown-dwarf-ever-found-was-the-strangest-now-we-know-why|2452138 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2452099-first-breathtaking-images-from-euclid-telescopes-map-of-the-universe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 15 Oct 2024 20:59:06 +0100 The Euclid space telescope's massive “cosmic atlas” promises to shed light on fundamental questions in physics and cosmology 2452099-first-breathtaking-images-from-euclid-telescopes-map-of-the-universe|2452099 https://www.newscientist.com/video/2451347-meet-neo-surveyor-nasas-near-earth-asteroid-detector/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 15 Oct 2024 09:00:15 +0100 Meet NASA’s NEO Surveyor, the space telescope identifying hazardous asteroids and comets within 48 million kilometres of Earth’s orbit 2451347-meet-neo-surveyor-nasas-near-earth-asteroid-detector|2451347 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2451702-nasa-set-to-launch-europa-probe-to-search-for-signs-of-habitability/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 14 Oct 2024 12:51:03 +0100 A 6000-kilogram spacecraft will embark on a six-year journey to Jupiter to explore whether its icy moon Europa has the conditions to support life 2451702-nasa-set-to-launch-europa-probe-to-search-for-signs-of-habitability|2451702 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435121-000-now-is-a-great-time-to-see-saturn-in-all-its-ringed-glory/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 09 Oct 2024 19:00:00 +0100 My first sight of Saturn through a telescope inspired my love of space. Dig out your telescopes or visit your local astronomy club, and you may be lucky enough to spot our sixth planet's stunning thick band of rings, says Leah Crane mg26435121-000-now-is-a-great-time-to-see-saturn-in-all-its-ringed-glory|2450642 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2451133-starship-when-will-spacexs-next-chopstick-test-flight-go-ahead/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 11 Oct 2024 13:30:26 +0100 SpaceX claims the fifth test flight of its Starship rocket will happen “within days”, but the Federal Aviation Administration has not yet approved the launch 2451133-starship-when-will-spacexs-next-chopstick-test-flight-go-ahead|2451133 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435120-600-new-scientist-recommends-howthelightgetsin-festival-in-london/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 09 Oct 2024 19:00:00 +0100 The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week mg26435120-600-new-scientist-recommends-howthelightgetsin-festival-in-london|2450638 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2451445-earth-may-be-about-to-pass-through-the-ion-tail-of-a-comet/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 10 Oct 2024 13:46:16 +0100 The ion tail of C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) could appear as a blue streak across the northern hemisphere sky during October, in a rare event thought to happen only every few decades 2451445-earth-may-be-about-to-pass-through-the-ion-tail-of-a-comet|2451445 https://www.newscientist.com/video/2417622-esa-prepares-hera-mission-to-investigate-aftermath-of-nasa-dart-impact/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 19 Feb 2024 11:48:51 +0000 The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft must be thoroughly tested before being sent to investigate the aftermath of the collision of NASA's DART probe with Dimorphos 2417622-esa-prepares-hera-mission-to-investigate-aftermath-of-nasa-dart-impact|2417622 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2450590-space-may-be-filled-with-more-antimatter-than-we-can-explain/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 04 Oct 2024 17:00:08 +0100 A detector on the International Space Station found signatures of unexpectedly abundant antimatter – which may have been created in clashes of dark matter particles 2450590-space-may-be-filled-with-more-antimatter-than-we-can-explain|2450590 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2450719-astronauts-could-one-day-end-up-eating-asteroids/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 04 Oct 2024 16:27:32 +0100 Bacteria grown from carbon compounds in asteroids could be turned into a kind of nutritionally balanced milkshake 2450719-astronauts-could-one-day-end-up-eating-asteroids|2450719 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2450374-hera-mission-set-to-revisit-asteroid-after-nasas-redirection-test/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 04 Oct 2024 12:48:43 +0100 The European Space Agency is sending a probe to get a closer look at the asteroid Dimorphos, which had its orbit altered by NASA’s DART mission in 2022 2450374-hera-mission-set-to-revisit-asteroid-after-nasas-redirection-test|2450374 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435110-800-the-astrophysicist-unravelling-the-origins-of-supermassive-black-holes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 30 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0100 How did the supermassive black holes we’re now seeing in the early universe get so big so fast? Astrophysicist Sophie Koudmani is using sophisticated galaxy simulations to figure it out mg26435110-800-the-astrophysicist-unravelling-the-origins-of-supermassive-black-holes|2449856 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435110-200-a-dramatic-return-from-space-in-kazakhstan/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 02 Oct 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Andrew McConnell's otherworldly photograph captures a Russian cosmonaut in front of the just-landed Soyuz MS spacecraft in Kazakhstan's remote grasslands mg26435110-200-a-dramatic-return-from-space-in-kazakhstan|2449841 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435110-400-new-scientist-recommends-astronomy-exhibition-borrowed-light-in-berlin/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 02 Oct 2024 19:00:00 +0100 The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week mg26435110-400-new-scientist-recommends-astronomy-exhibition-borrowed-light-in-berlin|2449843 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2450566-chinas-answer-to-spacexs-starlink-is-also-threatening-astronomy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 03 Oct 2024 18:00:33 +0100 The first 18 satellites of a planned Chinese mega constellation are brighter than all but 500 stars in the sky, raising fears of a huge impact on astronomy 2450566-chinas-answer-to-spacexs-starlink-is-also-threatening-astronomy|2450566 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2450446-signals-from-exotic-new-stars-could-hide-in-gravitational-wave-data/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 03 Oct 2024 16:00:45 +0100 A computer simulation suggests that some collisions between exotic, hypothetical stars would make space-time ripple with detectable waves 2450446-signals-from-exotic-new-stars-could-hide-in-gravitational-wave-data|2450446 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2449878-freeze-thaw-cycle-helps-asteroids-ferry-molecules-of-life-to-planets/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 01 Oct 2024 17:00:59 +0100 Cracks running through samples of asteroid Ryugu were probably formed by the repeated thawing and freezing of water inside it, which could have helped asteroids like this carry the building blocks of life to early Earth 2449878-freeze-thaw-cycle-helps-asteroids-ferry-molecules-of-life-to-planets|2449878 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2450016-planet-spotted-orbiting-barnards-star-just-6-light-years-away/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 01 Oct 2024 14:00:09 +0100 Astronomers have detected an exoplanet around Barnard’s star, one of the sun’s closest neighbours, but it is too hot for liquid water or life 2450016-planet-spotted-orbiting-barnards-star-just-6-light-years-away|2450016 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335103-400-the-astrophysicist-who-may-be-about-to-discover-how-the-universe-began/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 23 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Astronomer Jo Dunkley is planning to use the Simons Observatory to snare evidence for inflation, the theory that the universe expanded at incredible speed after its birth mg26335103-400-the-astrophysicist-who-may-be-about-to-discover-how-the-universe-began|2448991 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335100-400-stellar-views-of-some-of-the-most-spectacular-sights-in-the-universe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 25 Sep 2024 19:00:00 +0100 These dazzling images taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are from the upcoming book Cosmos: Explore the wonders of the universe, which has a foreword by astrophysicist Becky Smethurst mg26335100-400-stellar-views-of-some-of-the-most-spectacular-sights-in-the-universe|2448803 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2449177-search-for-alien-transmissions-in-promising-star-system-draws-a-blank/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 26 Sep 2024 19:00:49 +0100 Astronomers listened for radio signals emanating from planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system, but found no evidence of any interplanetary communications 2449177-search-for-alien-transmissions-in-promising-star-system-draws-a-blank|2449177 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2449051-planet-in-the-forbidden-zone-of-dead-star-could-reveal-earths-fate/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 26 Sep 2024 11:00:57 +0100 A distant planet should have been consumed when its star expanded to become a red giant, perhaps offering insights into planetary migration 2449051-planet-in-the-forbidden-zone-of-dead-star-could-reveal-earths-fate|2449051 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2448766-astronauts-may-need-medical-evacuation-from-one-third-of-moon-missions/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 20 Sep 2024 17:18:44 +0100 Medically evacuating an astronaut from space is difficult and expensive, and a new model predicts that one in three long-duration moon missions may require it 2448766-astronauts-may-need-medical-evacuation-from-one-third-of-moon-missions|2448766 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2448437-bacteria-on-the-space-station-are-evolving-for-life-in-space/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 20 Sep 2024 07:00:20 +0100 Genetic analysis shows that microbes growing inside the International Space Station have adaptations for radiation and low gravity, and may pose a threat to astronauts 2448437-bacteria-on-the-space-station-are-evolving-for-life-in-space|2448437 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2448742-weve-just-doubled-the-number-of-gravitational-waves-we-can-find/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 19 Sep 2024 20:00:55 +0100 Nearly imperceptible quantum flickers used to limit how precisely we could detect the way space-time ripples, but squeezing the laser light used in detectors overcomes this and doubles the number of gravitational waves we can see 2448742-weve-just-doubled-the-number-of-gravitational-waves-we-can-find|2448742 https://www.newscientist.com/video/2448725-astronomy-photographer-of-the-year-showcases-worlds-best-space-images/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 19 Sep 2024 16:29:11 +0100 See the world's best space images from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2024 award 2448725-astronomy-photographer-of-the-year-showcases-worlds-best-space-images|2448725 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2448159-strange-binary-star-system-has-three-earth-sized-exoplanets/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 19 Sep 2024 09:00:10 +0100 Exoplanets in binary star systems usually orbit both stars, but astronomers have now spotted three planets orbiting one or the other star in a pair 2448159-strange-binary-star-system-has-three-earth-sized-exoplanets|2448159 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335092-500-current-laws-cannot-protect-civilians-in-space-if-something-goes-wrong/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 18 Sep 2024 19:00:00 +0100 As the space industry evolves, we need a new set of international regulations to decide who is responsible for safety, the number of satellites in space, and more mg26335092-500-current-laws-cannot-protect-civilians-in-space-if-something-goes-wrong|2448201 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2448553-black-holes-jets-are-so-huge-that-they-may-shake-up-cosmology/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 18 Sep 2024 17:00:42 +0100 Spanning 23 million light years, or 220 Milky Way galaxies, a set of giant, newly discovered black hole jets known as Porphyrion may change our understanding of black holes and the structure of the universe 2448553-black-holes-jets-are-so-huge-that-they-may-shake-up-cosmology|2448553 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2448314-venus-could-be-rocked-by-thousands-of-quakes-every-year/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 18 Sep 2024 13:00:29 +0100 The second-closest planet to the sun is more geologically active than we thought and could have more than 17,000 venusquakes a year 2448314-venus-could-be-rocked-by-thousands-of-quakes-every-year|2448314 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2448020-dark-matter-may-allow-giant-black-holes-to-form-in-the-early-universe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:00:19 +0100 The long-standing mystery of how supermassive black holes grew so huge so quickly could be solved by decaying dark matter 2448020-dark-matter-may-allow-giant-black-holes-to-form-in-the-early-universe|2448020 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2448059-polaris-dawn-mission-is-one-giant-leap-for-private-space-exploration/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 13 Sep 2024 23:05:49 +0100 The success of the all-civilian spacewalk on SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission shows that private space flight is starting to catch up with government space agencies 2448059-polaris-dawn-mission-is-one-giant-leap-for-private-space-exploration|2448059 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2447923-complex-chemicals-found-on-enceladus-improve-prospects-for-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 13 Sep 2024 15:00:12 +0100 The Cassini mission’s samples from Saturn’s moon Enceladus have signs of various organic molecules that could be among the ingredients needed for life to get started 2447923-complex-chemicals-found-on-enceladus-improve-prospects-for-life|2447923 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2447266-cloud-atlas-of-mars-reveals-an-atmosphere-unlike-our-own/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 10 Sep 2024 11:43:36 +0100 Using images captured by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft, researchers have created a cloud atlas of Mars, to better understand the climate of the Red Planet 2447266-cloud-atlas-of-mars-reveals-an-atmosphere-unlike-our-own|2447266 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2447713-spacex-polaris-dawn-crew-complete-stand-up-civilian-spacewalk/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 12 Sep 2024 11:44:52 +0100 A groundbreaking civilian spacewalk saw two astronauts partially exit a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule wearing a brand new design of spacesuit. Every previous spacewalk completed before this was performed by government-trained astronauts. 2447713-spacex-polaris-dawn-crew-complete-stand-up-civilian-spacewalk|2447713 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2447603-visible-aurora-spotted-for-the-first-time-on-mars-by-nasa-rover/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 12 Sep 2024 11:00:58 +0100 If you were standing on Mars as it was hit by charged particles from the sun, you might be able to see an aurora just like on Earth 2447603-visible-aurora-spotted-for-the-first-time-on-mars-by-nasa-rover|2447603 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2447382-bubbles-of-gas-75-times-larger-than-our-sun-spotted-on-another-star/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 11 Sep 2024 17:00:08 +0100 Gas bubbles on the surface of a star have been observed for the first time in detail outside our solar system, and they are 75 times the size of our sun 2447382-bubbles-of-gas-75-times-larger-than-our-sun-spotted-on-another-star|2447382 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2447437-huge-new-volcano-has-burst-through-the-surface-of-jupiters-moon-io/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 11 Sep 2024 11:51:32 +0100 In between two spacecraft visiting Jupiter’s moon Io, a volcano spreading material over hundreds of kilometres has appeared 2447437-huge-new-volcano-has-burst-through-the-surface-of-jupiters-moon-io|2447437 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2446651-astronomers-worried-by-launch-of-five-new-super-bright-satellites/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 10 Sep 2024 13:42:39 +0100 Five satellites due to launch this week could be brighter than most stars, and astronomers fear the growth of such constellations could have a catastrophic impact 2446651-astronomers-worried-by-launch-of-five-new-super-bright-satellites|2446651 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2447257-spacexs-polaris-dawn-mission-blasts-off-for-first-civilian-spacewalk/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 10 Sep 2024 12:07:52 +0100 Four private astronauts are riding a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule further from Earth than any human since 1972, where they will attempt the first ever civilian spacewalk 2447257-spacexs-polaris-dawn-mission-blasts-off-for-first-civilian-spacewalk|2447257 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335070-900-get-ready-to-spot-comet-tsuchinshan-atlas-next-month/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 04 Sep 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Comet C/2023 A3, also known as Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, is expected to grace our skies from mid-October. Abigail Beall is hoping for a dazzling display mg26335070-900-get-ready-to-spot-comet-tsuchinshan-atlas-next-month|2446012 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335070-500-two-new-books-explore-how-ufos-captured-the-worlds-imagination/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 04 Sep 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Greg Eghigian's After the Flying Saucers Came and Luis Elizondo's Imminent both show how our fascination with UFOs goes beyond simple curiosity mg26335070-500-two-new-books-explore-how-ufos-captured-the-worlds-imagination|2446008 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2446649-can-we-spot-every-incoming-asteroid-before-they-hit-earth/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 05 Sep 2024 17:44:00 +0100 News of the asteroid 2024 RW1 impacting near the Philippines may have come as a shock this week, but space agencies and astronomers around the world are keeping an eye out to protect us 2446649-can-we-spot-every-incoming-asteroid-before-they-hit-earth|2446649 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2446386-we-finally-know-exactly-how-dark-deep-space-is/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 03 Sep 2024 23:00:58 +0100 A faint glow from all of the galaxies that have ever existed fills the cosmos, and NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has made the best measurement ever of just how faint it is 2446386-we-finally-know-exactly-how-dark-deep-space-is|2446386