Science
Why does NASA's Curiosity rover have a 'lucky penn...
Providing good luck to the first Martian to find it.
Nikon Action 7x50 binoculars review
Nikon's new Action 7x50 binoculars: A good buy for astronomy novices
Huge landslide in Alaska caused 481m-high tsunami
When the slope of a mountain above Tracy Arm fjord, in Alaska, gave way on 10 August 2025, 64 millio...
10 hidden spots in Spain to see the rare sunset to...
From desert badlands to hilltop villages, these off-the-beaten-track locations offer clear views of ...
Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass is still...
This 2013 book by an Indigenous botanist is a quietly urgent act of healing that forces Western scie...
Scientists created one of the largest simulations ...
The FLAMINGO project helps scientists explore how galaxies, dark matter and cosmic structures evolve...
Get more for your credits with the best leftover L...
From AT-TEs to Baby Yoda, save big with these last-minute Star Wars Day deals, before they disappear...
Read the winner of this year’s Young Science Write...
Prize-winning young writer Hasset Kifle, 17, explores how the world of super-competitive running is ...
Solar activity makes space junk crash to Earth fas...
Scientists studied how space junk moved in orbit over a 36-year span, finding that increased solar a...
Extinct relative of koalas discovered in Western A...
Fossils reveal that there were at least two kinds of koala when humans first arrived in Australia, b...
Mexico City is sinking up to 14 inches per year, s...
Mexico City is one of the fastest subsiding cities in the world, dropping by up to 14 inches every y...
NASA just released 12,000 photos from Artemis 2. H...
You could spend hours scrolling through the thousands of photos just released by NASA from the Artem...
Watch SpaceX Starlink train circle Earth in amazin...
A video captured by a newly launched SpaceX Starlink satellite shows us what it's like to zoom above...
A tiny world at the edge of our solar system grew ...
A trans-Neptunian object was found to possess a surprising thin atmosphere after astronomers witness...
Moon lander preps for the lunar surface | Space ph...
Blue Origin's MK1 moon lander has passed its tests in the vacuum chamber as NASA continues to develo...
'SOL Shogunate' is a samurai space opera set on th...
Chaos Manufacturing CEO Guy Costantini and aerospace engineer Taylore McClurg tell us about the proc...
The 50-year quest to create a quantum spin liquid ...
Creating quantum entanglement inside a solid material is tricky in the lab – but crystals buried in ...
Backlash builds over NHS plan to hide source code ...
NHS England is pulling its open-source software from the internet because of fears around computer-h...
These 2 companies want to start removing space jun...
Two private companies are partnering up to establish a repeatable debris removal service for low Ear...
Forget the AT-ST, at 20% off this Lego Star Wars A...
Want a Star Wars vehicle that can't be taken down with a bit of string? Loaded with extras, this imp...
Former NASA chief Jim Bridenstine takes over as CE...
Former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is the new CEO of Quantum Space, a company developing mane...
Hantavirus: Where has the deadly cruise ship outbr...
Three people have died on board the cruise ship MV Hondius due to an outbreak of hantavirus, a rare ...
NASA is making a powerful new ion engine to send a...
A prototype ion engine that uses lithium metal vapor as a propellant has aced its first tests, achie...
Don't miss the Eta Aquarid meteor shower 2026 peak...
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks in the early hours of May 6.
Woman in cancer remission without treatment in hig...
A biopsy of a woman's cancer seems to have triggered an immune response against the tumour, putting ...
NASA wants to land astronauts on the moon in 2028....
After Artemis 2, NASA's moon return hinges on two unproven commercial landers, each of which faces m...
The problem of cosmic inflation and how to solve i...
One of the best-performing models in cosmology is also one with the least physical rationale behind ...
Man destined to get Alzheimer’s saved by accidenta...
Doug Whitney has a genetic mutation that means he should have developed Alzheimer’s disease decades ...
Quantum computers simulated their biggest molecule...
Two quantum computers and two supercomputers teamed up to break the record on the biggest molecule y...
Trump's proposed NASA budget is a 'horrible threat...
In conversation with Space.com, the new Planetary Society CEO talked about the fight to restore NASA...
James Webb Space Telescope directly studies an exo...
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have directly analyzed the surface of a distant sup...
Watch the Eta Aquarid meteor shower online with th...
Watch Eta Aquarid meteors streak across the sky live from observatories and sky cams around the worl...
Are streamers losing faith in legacy sci-fi franch...
Does the cancellation of 'Starfleet Academy' suggest that lean times are ahead for 'Star Trek' and '...
Honey has been used as medicine for centuries – do...
It is appealing to think something as simple as honey could cure a cold or prevent hay fever, but is...
A lost ancient script reveals how writing as we kn...
A long-overlooked writing system from 5000 years ago is still largely undeciphered, but could mark t...
Tiny frozen world unexpectedly appears to have an ...
A 500-kilometre-wide object in a similar orbit to Pluto challenges our assumptions about small bodie...
Will the moon ruin the Eta Aquarid meteor shower t...
A bright waning gibbous moon may wash out this week's Eta Aquarid meteor shower peak — but early ris...
Our Milky Way's 'Zone of Avoidance' holds a galaxy...
The Vela Supercluster, in our Milky Way's Zone of Avoidance, is competing gravitationally with other...
Lasers take aim at a galaxy far, far away | Space ...
Looking like a scene out of "Star Wars," this image shows the ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferome...
300-year-old experiment could become world's best ...
An update to an experiment run by Henry Cavendish in 1773 could be a cheaper and faster way to spot ...
What's the best time to see Eta Aquarid meteors in...
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks this week, but will you be able to see it?
A YouTuber just recreated the original Star Wars w...
Star Wars superfan and YouTube sensation Zach King recreates the seminal 1977 sci-fi film using card...
13 International 'Star Wars' Posters You've Likely...
From Japan to Turkey, celebrate Star Wars Day with this global collection of original trilogy poster...
The greatest David Attenborough documentaries you ...
To mark David Attenborough turning 100, New Scientist staff have been set a tricky task: pick your f...
Prebiotic chewing gum could be helpful for gum dis...
A small trial found that chewing gum containing nitrate can ease the symptoms of gum disease by favo...
Why were galaxies so active in the early universe?...
Early galaxies were star-forming machines, gobbling up gas and spitting out stars with a furious int...
Smart underwear detects lactose intolerance by tra...
A device you attach to your underwear reveals how often you really break wind – and it’s probably mo...
'It was quite a light show!' NASA astronaut spies ...
NASA astronaut Chris Williams photographed a fireball from above recently, capturing the stunning si...
New this month, this Lego Star Wars Yoda bust woul...
Lego's larger Yoda models do not have a great track record, but this Lego Star Wars Yoda bust is suc...
Spaceflight is hard on the heart, yet artificial o...
The human heart shrivels away in space, but researchers have found that mini-hearts grown from human...
