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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 175 — More AI ...
On Episode 175 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and and Tariq Malik are joined by Daniel Selva to tal...
Neptune Know-It-All: A Neptune trivia quiz
In this quiz, you’ll test your knowledge of Neptune's features, moons, and the science that keeps as...
Inside the search for sustainable aviation fuels, ...
The Trump administration's "One Big, Beautiful Bill" slashes federal funding for efforts to create r...
NASA employees fear worsening conditions as new Tr...
A new executive order signed by President Donald Trump removes NASA employees from federal labor-man...
See the half-lit first quarter moon shine in the g...
The moon will appear in the constellation Scorpius at sunset on Aug. 30-31.
SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites to orbit fr...
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites today (Aug. 30), sending 24 of th...
James Webb Space Telescope spots odd planet-formin...
The James Webb Space Telescope has observed a planet-birthing disk of gas and dust around a young st...
Uranus quiz: Do you know the Tilted Planet?
This quiz will challenge your knowledge of Uranus's strange rotation, chilly atmosphere, and curious...
Virginia is for (space) lovers: Rocket Lab opens n...
Rocket Lab's new Launch Complex 3 will launch Neutron rockets that can land themselves on land or at...
Don't miss the moon ride close to red supergiant s...
The half-lit moon will appear close to Antares in the constellation Scorpius later this week.
Bespoke brain implant gives long-term relief from ...
An implant that monitors brain activity and provides personalised stimulation halved the discomfort ...
'Foundation' Season 3: What is the strange science...
Here's a rundown of Isaac Asimov's mind-numbing field of mathematics that predicts future events.
Volcanic eruptions may have helped spark the Frenc...
Social upheaval across Europe between 1250 and 1860 correlates with volcanic eruptions, reduced suns...
Astronaut puts his mad video game skills to the te...
The seven members of the Expedition 73 crew welcomed the arrival of a SpaceX resupply ship, worked o...
"A sky-watching experience that will move your sou...
The Celestron SkyMaster binoculars come highly recommended by our experts, and with a saving of over...
Just one dose of psilocybin seems to be enough to ...
Psilocybin appears to alter brain networks linked to repetitive negative thoughts, which may explain...
56 million years ago, Earth underwent rapid global...
Can we turn to the past to learn more about how interactions between plants and pollinators changed ...
Galactic cannonballs: The mystery of hypervelocity...
Astronomers may have solved the mystery of how hypervelocity white dwarfs rocket out of the Milky Wa...
Hottest engine in the world reveals weirdness of m...
A tiny engine comprised of a glass bead zapped with electric fields behaves as if it is operating 20...
Making babies beyond Earth? Spaceflight may not hi...
As humans expand into space, how we'll continue to expand the species remains an important question....
It's not easy being green (-blooded). The latest '...
There's more to being a Vulcan than prosthetic ears and playing it straight.
NASA puts asteroid Bennu under the microscope | Sp...
The near-Earth asteroid's microscopic surface tells a detailed story.
Why are weather forecasting apps so terrible?
Weather apps regularly differ in their predictions for the same location – why is it so hard to pred...
Watch burnt and battered Starship splash down in I...
Newly released SpaceX footage gives us great looks at the final moments of Starship's epic Flight 10...
Our verdict on ‘Circular Motion’: this dystopia hi...
The New Scientist Book Club has just finished reading Alex Foster's sci-fi novel “Circular Motion”. ...
Ursula Le Guin's son on why The Dispossessed is (m...
The New Scientist Book Club is currently reading Ursula K. Le Guin's classic science fiction novel "...
Read an extract from The Dispossessed by Ursula K....
The New Scientist Book Club is currently reading Ursula K. Le Guin’s classic novel The Dispossessed....
Go-to therapy for chronic sinus condition doesn't ...
Surgery, not antibiotics, might be the best way to treat chronic rhinosinusitis, a condition that le...
Will Australia's social media ban really keep teen...
Social media platforms will soon have to exclude children under 16 in Australia, but there are doubt...
Starship brings the heat in fiery Flight 10 launch...
SpaceX's Starship nailed its 10th-ever test flight on Aug. 26. Footage from the launch pad that day ...
'I will destroy your Vault': Exclusive 'Foundation...
This sneak peek at 'Skin in the Game' is a battle of wits between galactic heavyweights.
Glacial lake flood hits Juneau, Alaska, reflecting...
The glacial flood risks that Juneau is now experiencing each summer are becoming a growing problem i...
'We need to broaden our search, and now we can.' S...
Scientists have retreated to deep beneath the French Alps to broaden the hunt for dark matter partic...
Don't miss the stars of the 'Summer Triangle' twin...
Altair, Vega and Deneb can be seen shining with the Milky Way throughout August.
Perseverance Mars rover stumbles upon wind-carved ...
NASA's Perseverance rover captured a striking new image of massive, wind-carved sand formations know...
Urine tests detect high-risk HPV as effectively as...
Several countries now offer at-home vaginal swabs to detect HPV status in place of traditional cervi...
The foundations of eczema may start to be laid dow...
Eczema can be very distressing for children – and now it seems that its roots may at least partly li...
Ripples from the Big Bang could transform our unde...
It will take the most sensitive instruments ever imagined to reveal ripples from the Big Bang, but t...
Meet Surya, the 1st-of-its-kind AI model NASA and ...
A new NASA-IBM algorithm called Surya could be a major leap in space weather forecasting.
Why do we photograph the Milky Way in summer?
The Milky Way is a spectacular sight in the summer skies but why does it look so much more brilliant...
10 of the best stargazing locations in North Ameri...
Here's where to find very dark skies in the U.S. and Canada.
NASA debuts new Orion mission control room for Art...
NASA has opened a new Orion Mission Evaluation Room at the Johnson Space Center to analyze in-flight...
Where no gourd has gone before | Space photo of th...
The USS Enterprise, a 'Star Trek' spaceship, is created from pumpkins as part of a German contest.
A dead 'sun' forms building blocks of exoplanets i...
The Butterfly Nebula, which is a planetary nebula resulting from the death of a sun-like star, has b...
The Peacock TV Young Adult Discount is one of the ...
If you're a student or between 18 and 24 years old, you can get nearly 73% off an annual subscriptio...
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellite...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flew for a record 30th time early Thursday morning (Aug. 28), sending 28 St...
'A remarkable discovery': Astronomers find 1st exo...
Astronomers are amazed to have discovered a baby exoplanet gobbling up matter around an infant star ...
'If ever there's a movie where I got everything ri...
Academy Award-winning "Star Wars" legend Roger Christian shares how he recreated the vibe of the ori...
Ancient crocodile relative could have ripped dinos...
A fossil discovered in Patagonia shows a 3.5-metre-long reptile from the late Cretaceous with large,...
We're no longer at our unhappiest during middle ag...
People used to experience an "unhappiness hump" around midlife, but declining youth mental health ma...
