Science
Hubble Telescope sees wandering black hole slurpin...
Astronomers have caught a black hole far from the center of its galaxy ripping a star to shreds — of...
All living things emit an eerie glow that is snuff...
Our bodies emit a stream of low-energy photons, and now experiments in mice have revealed that this ...
The US isn't prepared for a big solar storm, exerc...
A first-of a-kind space weather "tabletop" exercise has revealed major weaknesses in America's prepa...
Best solar telescopes 2025: Safely observe sun spo...
The best solar telescopes suitable for the next solar eclipse.
See the world's largest iceberg stranded in the So...
A new image from Europe's Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite shows the huge Antarctic iceberg A-23A stu...
Is the fungal science in The Last of Us going off ...
With season 2 unfolding, the science of the fungal horror drama is becoming shakier. It is a pity th...
Our favourite science fiction books of all time (t...
Following on from our first list, we asked New Scientist staff to pick even more of their favourite ...
Watch the moon and bright star Spica meet in a cel...
I think we know who's supplying the c(r)atering for this dance party.
ZWO Seestar S30 all-in-one smart telescope review
Small but mighty, the ZWO Seestar S30 is an affordable, portable instrument that's great for observi...
Europe increasingly vulnerable to hailstones the s...
Very large hail – hailstones more than 5 centimetres in diameter – poses a growing threat to Europe ...
Cosmic imposter bathes distant nebula in fiery red...
The brilliant blue-white star lighting up the red nebula Sh2-46 hints at a dynamic and possibly flee...
A failed Soviet Venus probe is expected to fall to...
The Soviet Venus probe Kosmos 482 is expected to fall to Earth on May 10, but exactly when and where...
China uses 'gravity slingshot' to rescue pair of w...
After a pair of satellites failed to reach their desired orbit around the moon last year, China used...
Failed Soviet probe will soon crash to Earth – and...
Kosmos 482, a Soviet spacecraft that never made it beyond Earth’s orbit on its way to Venus, is due ...
A failed Soviet Venus probe is falling to Earth, a...
The Virtual Telescope Project aims to observe the anticipated reentry of the former Soviet Union's C...
What will happen to VIPER? NASA shifts into revers...
NASA is no longer asking U.S. companies for proposals to get the ice-hunting VIPER rover to the moon...
A failed Soviet Venus probe is falling to Earth. H...
Recent sighting of spacecraft and debris burning through the atmosphere during their plummet back to...
US Space Force test fires thrusters for moon surve...
The U.S. Space Force tested a new propulsion system designed for satellites that will keep tabs on s...
Satellites show 28 US cities are sinking, includin...
A new study has found that the 28 most populous cities in the United States — including New York, Ch...
Astronaut Scott Kelly joins 'Mission Dry', stars i...
Astronauts are helping to destigmatize a childhood experience by pointing out the similarities betwe...
Planet hunter Plato gets its eyes | Space photo of...
Plato, the European Space Agency's terrestrial planet hunter spacecraft, is seen after having 24 of ...
Teenage drama is interrupted by extraterrestrial p...
Weird electromagnetic mayhem breaks out in this thrilling new preview.
A stadium-sized asteroid will fly past Earth on Ma...
The 950-foot hunk of primordial matter is classified as a "potentially hazardous asteroid," but that...
Record heat in 2023 and 2024 may just have been na...
Simulations suggest that an extraordinary jump in temperatures seen in 2023 and 2024 could simply be...
Europe weighs fallout from proposed NASA budget cu...
The European Space Agency is assessing how proposed cuts to NASA's budget could impact it as major c...
Earth's skies pulse in sync with the sun's solar f...
Earth's atmosphere pulses in sync with the sun's fiery outbursts, indicating it is more sensitive to...
'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' returns to theater...
"Shiver with antici… pation!" as those over-sexed aliens from the planet Transexual celebrate their ...
Major US cities like New York and Seattle are sink...
Groundwater extraction, plate tectonics and consequences of the last glacial period mean that most o...
India delays 1st Gaganyaan astronaut launch to 202...
India now plans to launch astronauts to Earth orbit for the first time no sooner than 2027, after co...
The maths that tells us when a scientific discover...
When huge scientific discoveries are made, you may hear that they are “statistically significant” or...
Our moon may have once been as hellish as Jupiter'...
The moon spent a few million years as a volcanic wasteland, covered with ongoing eruptions that spew...
'Eventually, all life on Earth will be destroyed b...
Elon Musk explained the rather depressing fate of life on Earth to Fox News host Jesse Waters, who h...
Hours before a solar eclipse, spruce trees 'talk' ...
A new study suggests trees in the forest can access ancient memories and "talk" to each other hours ...
NASA diagnoses fracture in a 'huge cosmic bone' us...
A combination of X-ray from NASA's Chandra observatory and radio data indicates that a galactic "fra...
Laurie Leshin stepping down as director of NASA’s ...
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will prepare for new leadership, as current director Laurie Leshin ...
Dementia cases are rising faster in China than the...
Cases of dementia doubled worldwide between 1990 and 2021, but more than quadrupled in China during ...
'Destiny 2' is getting four new expansions, includ...
Bungie might be dropping a Marathon reboot on us this year, but Destiny 2 ain't going anywhere, and ...
99.999 per cent of the deep seabed remains unexplo...
Deep-sea submersibles have been diving for decades, but records show that we have still only explore...
Science is a Pandora's box – but we should open it...
We are often warned of the consequences of knowing too much, but even when scientific ideas have the...
James Webb Space Telescope finds water in the air ...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has found water vapor swirling in the air of a distant, boiling-ho...
NASA gets keys to Orion | Space photo of the day f...
Lockheed Martin officials handed over the "keys" to the Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft to NASA, marking ...
Old Soviet Venus lander's fall to Earth will be no...
The Soviet Union's failed Kosmos 482 Venus probe will fall back to Earth from orbit soon, and it may...
Sun unleashes jaw-dropping filament eruption — but...
GOES-19 satellite captures breathtaking footage as a towering solar filament erupts over the sun's e...
What are microplastics doing to your brain? We’re ...
The average human brain contains around 7 grams of plastic, but it’s unclear how this affects us. No...
The birds upending our idea of shared parenting
Superb starlings appear to swap between parent and ‘nanny’ roles to help raise chicks over their lif...
Strange microbes give clues to the ancestor of all...
The origin of complex eukaryotic cells, of the type found in all plants and animals, is shrouded in ...
3D-print a realistic supernova remnant with NASA's...
New 3D-printable models of Chandra X-ray Observatory images will allow you to hold a star in your ha...
Get closer to the Flower Moon with 27% off these S...
For high-contrast views of the Flower Moon, this May 12, we recommend these Celestron SkyMaster 12x6...
Lunar laser: China makes 1st daytime laser-ranging...
China has achieved a milestone feat, making the first-ever laser ranging measurement from Earth to t...
