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'It would be a fundamental breakthrough': Mysterio...
"If this interaction between dark matter and neutrinos is confirmed, it would be a fundamental break...
Northern Greenland ice dome melted before and coul...
The Prudhoe ice dome disappeared during a warm period 7000 years ago. Global warming could cause sim...
The universe may be lopsided, new research says
The shape of the universe is not something we often think about.
What if the idea of the autism spectrum is complet...
For years, we've thought of autism as lying on a spectrum, but emerging evidence suggests that it co...
Weird clump in the early universe is piping hot an...
A galaxy cluster in the early universe is 10 times hotter than it ought to be, which may reshape how...
The 2026 'Super Bowl of Astronomy' starts today — ...
Astronomers are gathering in Phoenix this week for the 247th meeting of the American Astronomical So...
El Niño was linked to famines in Europe in the ear...
A study of 160 European famines between 1500 and 1800 shows that El Niño weather events led to the o...
The best new popular science books of January 2026...
A host of new science books are due to hit shelves in January, by authors including Claudia Hammond,...
Catch the moon dancing with bright star Regulus to...
Regulus is the brightest star in the zodiacal constellation Leo.
2026 will shed light on whether a little-known dru...
The US government is approving the drug leucovorin to address rising rates of autism, despite limite...
How did life begin on Earth? New experiments suppo...
The new findings strengthen the "RNA world" hypothesis that describes how the first life on Earth co...
Carina Nebula shines with white-blue stars | Space...
The Westerlund 2 star cluster is home to some of the Milky Way's brightest stars.
A strange kind of quantumness may be key to quantu...
Researchers at Google have used their Willow quantum computer to demonstrate that "quantum contextua...
January full moon wows skywatchers with a striking...
January's full moon is often known as the 'Wolf Moon'.
Moon rush: These private spacecraft will attempt l...
Lunar landers from Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, Intuitive Machines and Astrobotic are gearing up ...
The best new science fiction books of January 2026...
Big hitter Peter F. Hamilton has a new sci-fi novel out this month – and Booker winner George Saunde...
Ghostly particles might just break our understandi...
An analysis of several experiments aimed at detecting the mysterious neutrino has identified a hint ...
SpaceX launches 1st Starlink satellites of 2026 on...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force St...
The risk of falling space junk hitting airplanes i...
Space debris falling to Earth is a growing threat to aircraft, and experts are trying to reduce the ...
The next frontier in space is closer than you thin...
But as more and more satellites are launched into LEO...the region's getting a bit crowded.
Live long and loiter: Why NASA's ESCAPADE probes w...
NASA's ESCAPADE Mars probes embarked on a 'loiter' trajectory after launch, and scientists say that ...
2026 begins a golden age of solar eclipses: How to...
Earth is about to see three total solar eclipses in just under two years, with each successive path ...
Space.com headlines crossword quiz for week of Dec...
Test your space smarts with our weekly crossword challenge, crafted from Space.com's biggest headlin...
2025's extreme weather had the jet stream's finger...
First, instead of moving storms quickly eastward, the sluggish jet stream stalled storm systems in p...
Can scientists detect life without knowing what it...
If nonliving materials can produce rich, organized mixtures of organic molecules, then the tradition...
The largest sun of 2026 rises today as Earth draws...
Earth reaches its closest point to the sun in its 2026 orbit on Jan. 3.
The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks tonight, but wi...
The Quadrantids are known for producing bright "fireball" meteors that can outshine the brightest pl...
'Star Trek' warps into 2026 with epic 'Space For E...
2026 is a special year for creator Gene Roddenberry's iconic "Wagon Train To The Stars" sci-fi franc...
Why do I need a VPN?
A VPN, or virtual private network, is great for online safety and accessing content while travelling...
Watch SpaceX launch the 1st mission of 2026 tonigh...
SpaceX will launch the first mission of 2026 tonight (Jan. 2), and you can watch the action live.
SpaceX lowering orbits of 4,400 Starlink satellite...
SpaceX will soon lower the orbits of about 4,400 Starlink satellites, to decrease the threat they po...
Was our earliest ancestor a knuckle-dragger, or di...
Did Sahelanthropus, which lived 7 million years ago, walk on two legs like a modern human? It's comp...
16 upcoming sci-fi shows to be excited for in 2026...
Entertainment is the final frontier, as you experience everything from Starfleet to the Green Lanter...
Northern lights may be visible in 18 states tonigh...
Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Illinois as an incoming coronal mass ejection could disrupt Ea...
The 1st full moon of 2026 rises tonight! Here's wh...
Don't miss January's Wolf Moon rise over the eastern horizon tonight, as the first full moon of 2026...
Astronomers detect rare 'free floating' exoplanet ...
Astronomers have detected a "free floating" rogue planet the size of Saturn drifting through the Mil...
Gargantuan black hole may be a remnant from the da...
Astronomers were puzzled by a black hole around 50 million times the mass of the sun with no stars, ...
Will Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) be the 'great com...
In late April 2026, a long-period comet will swing through the inner solar system. It will likely be...
Our verdict on The Player of Games: Iain M. Banks ...
The New Scientist Book Club has just finished our December read, Iain M. Banks's sci-fi novel The Pl...
The challenges of writing from the perspective of ...
The author of the award-winning science fiction novel Annie Bot, the January read for the New Scient...
Read an extract from Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
In this extract from the award-winning science fiction novel Annie Bot, the January read for the New...
Murder victim discovered to have two sets of DNA d...
A woman's body has been found to consist of varying proportions of male and female cells because of ...
One of the best meteor showers of the year peaks a...
A daylight peak and a full moon combine to sabotage the powerful Quadrantid meteor shower in 2026.
Playmobil versus Lego: Which is the best USS Enter...
Lego has recently released their first-ever Star Trek set, the 3600-piece U.S.S Enterprise, but is i...
Rare Saturn-sized rogue planet is first to have it...
Researchers have confirmed the mass of a free-floating planet thanks to a lucky convergence of groun...
Chess can be made fairer by rearranging the pieces...
Chess960 involves shuffling the pieces at the back of the board, and an analysis suggests doing so c...
Nebula nights: Award-winning sci-fi literature thr...
Think you know your Le Guin from your Liu? Let’s find out
Moon landings, asteroid missions and new telescope...
From astronauts looping around the moon to spacecraft reaching Mercury and asteroids near Earth, 202...
