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Solar Orbiter traces solar wind back to its myster...
The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter has, for the first time, traced solar wind in space to a s...
Chicks link shapes with 'bouba' and 'kiki' sounds ...
Humans from many cultures tend to associate the nonsense words “bouba” and “kiki” with different sha...
Space debris from SpaceX Dragon capsule crashed in...
A large piece of debris was found on a mountainside in North Carolina last week, suspected to be lef...
Our writers pick their favourite science fiction b...
We asked New Scientist staff to pick their favourite science fiction books. Here are the results, ra...
See the moon and Saturn meet in the night sky earl...
Saturn will appear just above the third quarter moon in the sky in the early hours of Friday (May 31...
Astronaut's diary found among fallen space shuttle...
The journal pages of Israel's first astronaut have been added to the country's national library, mor...
'Unluckiest star' may be trapped in deadly dance w...
A star in a distant galaxy appears to have been almost torn apart in a close shave with a supermassi...
James Webb Space Telescope finds a dusty skeleton ...
The James Webb Space Telescope caught the Magellanic-like galaxy NGC 4449 is undergoing an intense b...
The 'Star Trek: Discovery' series finale is a mixe...
The "Star Trek: Discovery" finale seems to serve chiefly as a launch vehicle for the forthcoming Sec...
If the Big Bang created miniature black holes, whe...
Primordial black holes born from density fluctuations dating back to the Big Bang have been frustrat...
Starliner capsule's 1st astronaut mission cleared ...
The first-ever astronaut launch of Boeing's Starliner capsule, known as Crew Flight Test, is "go" fo...
SpaceX fuels Starship megarocket again to prep for...
SpaceX fueled up its Starship rocket again on Tuesday (May 28), continuing preparations for the gian...
Watch Russian cargo ship launch toward the ISS ear...
Russia will launch the robotic Progress 88 freighter toward the International Space Station early Th...
Watch Chinese company launch 4 satellites to orbit...
The Chinese company Galactic Energy sent four satellites into orbit on Wednesday (May 29) with the s...
Smartphone use can actually help teenagers boost t...
A survey of 253 US teens has found that, on average, their mood lifted after using their smartphones...
Babies group together their squeals and growls to ...
Babies seem to cluster together their squeals and growling noises, rather than making them sporadica...
'Star Trek #500' cover showcases a commanding coll...
A preview of IDW Publishing's "Star Trek #500" special issue that pays homage to the series' many un...
Watch 1st 'Star Wars: Hunters' gameplay trailer ah...
We’ll soon be playing 'Star Wars: Hunters' on Nintendo Switch and mobile phones, and the latest game...
Don't be fooled by El Niño's end – net zero is mor...
The El Niño climate pattern has contributed to a year of record-breaking temperatures. We must bend ...
Massive sunspot responsible for May's epic auroras...
Sunspot region AR3697 has returned — unleashing yet another X-class solar flare. Watch it erupt from...
Risk of bird flu outbreak in cows causing pandemic...
Cow udders have lots of bird-like flu virus receptors but no human-like ones, a study has found, mea...
Boeing Starliner astronauts arrive at launch site ...
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are back near their launch site in Florida ahead of ...
Real-life 'Star Trek' planet was actually just an ...
Just like the fictional planet of Vulcan was wiped out in Star Trek, new research has destroyed the ...
Parkinson’s disease could be prevented by a recent...
People who have had a recent vaccine against tetanus appear to be less likely to develop Parkinson’s...
Quantum time travel: The experiment to 'send a par...
Time loops have long been the stuff of science fiction. Now, using the rules of quantum mechanics, w...
