In the grand club of galaxies, the Milky Way is increasingly looking like an outlier. This…
Author: New Scientist - Space
Why our ‘freakish’ galaxy has got cosmologists seriously worried
In the grand club of galaxies, the Milky Way is increasingly looking like an outlier. This…
The 5 biggest discoveries from the hunt for gravitational waves
Detecting gravitational waves has given us a new way to observe the universe by listening to…
The 5 biggest discoveries from the hunt for gravitational waves
Detecting gravitational waves has given us a new way to observe the universe by listening to…
Gravitational waves have let us see huge neutron stars colliding
We’ve taken the first pictures of neutron stars colliding 130 million light years away. The resulting…
Hiding in plain sight: The mystery of the sun’s missing matter
A mass equivalent to 1500 Earths has vanished from the sun. Tracking it down could transform…
A tech-destroying solar flare could hit Earth within 100 years
If the sun spews “superflares” as often as other stars, one could take down power systems,…
Astronaut wee could show us how the plumes on Enceladus work
The way spaceships vent urine and water may be a good stand-in for studying how jets…
Astronaut wee could show us how the plumes on Enceladus work
The way spaceships vent urine and water may be a good stand-in for studying how jets…
A gaggle of 7 moons keep Saturn’s rings from breaking apart
The gravity from seven of its moons stops Saturn’s bright outer ring from spreading out and…