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Extremely Large Telescope gets a roof | Space phot...
The world's largest optical telescope is still under construction but is raising the roof on its pro...
Solar farms could help find dangerous asteroids, s...
By transforming idle heliostats into asteroid detectors, scientists aim to develop a cost-effective ...
We gave this star projector five stars in our revi...
You can save 20% on the Hommkiety Galaxy Projector on Amazon, which we praised for its build quality...
Deep-living microbes could 'eat' energy generated ...
When rocks fracture in underground faults, they generate a variety of chemical compounds that could ...
James Webb Space Telescope revisits a classic Hubb...
The image reveals over 2,500 galaxies, many of which are seen as they were during the first billion ...
'Predator: Badlands' looks like it's taking inspir...
A brutal alien planet isn't quite the same as future Earth, but Predator: Concrete Jungle has more t...
You can design the wheels for NASA's next moon veh...
NASA is calling on the public to help shape the future of lunar exploration by designing the next ge...
Can we send a spacecraft to intercept interstellar...
Scientists are exploring various proposals to repurpose existing spacecraft in order to chase after ...
NASA's Europa Clipper radar passes key test during...
NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft successfully tested its ice-penetrating radar system during a close...
Moonquakes could pose threat to future lunar bases...
New research suggests moonquakes rooted in ancient fault systems could threaten modern moon missions...
You can lose weight on a diet of ultra-processed f...
People lost weight if they ate an ultra-processed diet that was still based on dietary recommendatio...
3 powerful solar flares erupt in less than 24 hour...
Space weather forecasters are watching for faint CMEs that could reach Earth later this week.
Giant meat-eating dinosaur skulls reveal ‘bone-cru...
Differences in the skulls of carnivorous dinosaurs suggest some dinosaurs ripped flesh while others ...
Why mathematicians want to destroy infinity – and ...
Mathematicians who call themselves ultrafinitists think that extremely large numbers are holding bac...
Best space flight simulation games, ranked
Explore the space between the stars from the safety of a virtual cockpit with the best space flight ...
Binary star systems are complex astronomical objec...
Measuring binary star systems' basic properties has proved exceedingly difficult.
Sunrise hits SpaceX's Crew-11 rocket on the pad | ...
The day seemed particularly promising on July 31, 2025.
Space hurricanes are real — and they wreak more ha...
Space hurricanes can shake Earth's magnetic field and scramble satellites without a solar storm in s...
'Universal' detector spots AI deepfake videos with...
A new detection tool can accurately spot deepfake videos featuring any AI manipulation, from face sw...
Watch Rocket Lab launch private Japanese radar sat...
Rocket Lab will launch its fifth mission for the Japanese Earth-imaging company iQPS tonight (Aug. 4...
Mysterious boost to Earth's spin will make Aug. 5 ...
A strange shift in Earth's rotation is making our days milliseconds shorter — and scientists are rac...
SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites from Florid...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 28 Starlink satellites from Florida's Space Coast early Monday mor...
Spacecraft equipped with a solar sail could delive...
Space weather imposes threats on everything from electrical grids to GPS navigation.
‘Democratizing space’ is more than just adding new...
With more countries looking to explore space, there is a rising hope that space is now more accessib...
See the moon shine alongside red supergiant star A...
The red supergiant star Antares will appear close to the waxing gibbous moon tonight.
Watch Blue Origin launch crypto billionaire Justin...
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will launch Justin Sun, the billionaire founder of the blockchain platform T...
Scientists scan famous 'Earthrise' crater on missi...
A large lunar crater featured in the iconic 'Earthrise' photo has just helped the European JUICE spa...
August Moon: Here's what to look for during all 4 ...
Join us on a guided telescope tour of August's moon, featuring distinct targets for each of the four...
Ghana has a rare treasure, a crater made when a me...
The Bosumtwi impact crater in Ghana is well preserved, making it a hotspot for space research.
'Lexx' appeal: A deeply underrated sci-fi classic ...
A band of misfits aboard a stolen planet-killing starship, the wild, weird Lexx is the best 90s sci-...
Watch SpaceX's Crew-11 astronauts arrive at the IS...
The four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-11 mission will arrive at the International Space Station aroun...
Rookie crewmates kept things fresh for Ax-4 astron...
Ax-4 commander Peggy Whitson just extended her American duration record on the International Space S...
Could we get quantum spookiness even without entan...
Particles of light travelling through a maze of devices seem to have passed a famous test for entang...
SpaceX just launched disease-causing bacteria to t...
SpaceX just launched the Crew-11 astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA — along with...
The way we train AIs makes them more likely to spo...
The tendency for AIs to give misleading answers may be in part down to certain training techniques, ...
Satellites are helping protect critically endanger...
GPS tracking and high-resolution satellite images are helping humans coexist with endangered elephan...
Best camera for astro now $300 cheaper: This Nikon...
The Nikon Z8 was rated as our best overall camera for astrophotography, and is $600 off on Amazon, p...
SpaceX launches Crew-11 astronauts to the ISS for ...
SpaceX launched the Crew-11 on Aug. 1, sending four astronauts to the International Space Station on...
DNA analysis reveals what really killed Napoleon's...
At least 300,000 men died during Napoleon’s retreat from Russia - now the latest genetic techniques ...
New discovery at CERN could hint at why our univer...
A new finding at CERN on the French-Swiss border brings us closer to answering why matter dominates ...
Exotic 'blazar' is part of most extreme double bla...
A beam of particles speeding away from a monstrous black hole is severely kinked, suggesting that th...
Astronaut savors the moment and shares a stunning ...
The four Expedition 73 members on SpaceX's Crew-10 mission prepared to come home, while also got the...
Big lake in Quebec suddenly disappears, satellite ...
The lake was completely drained in the spring of 2025.
Stunning 'sun dogs' could sparkle in alien skies, ...
High-speed winds on exoplanet WASP-17b may align quartz crystals in its atmosphere and create dazzli...
SpaceX fires up Starship spacecraft ahead of 10th ...
SpaceX performed a single-engine "static fire" trial with its newest Starship spacecraft on Thursday...
Cameras that work like our eyes could give boost t...
Neuromorphic cameras, which only record data when a pixel's brightness changes, may be advantageous ...
Did 'primordial' black holes born right after the ...
New research suggests that primordial black holes could have played an important role in the formati...
Our verdict on Lake of Darkness by Adam Roberts: A...
The New Scientist Book Club has just finished reading Adam Roberts's novel Lake of Darkness. Some of...
What would it feel like to be on a planet spinning...
Alex Foster, the author of the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, Circular Motion, on imag...
Read an extract from Alex Foster’s sci-fi novel Ci...
In this passage from the opening of Circular Motion, the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club...
