Everything you need to know about the first black hole image

Space and physics reporter Leah Crane answers New Scientist readers’ questions on the first ever images…

Largest dust storm on Mars ever recorded may reveal why it's so dry

The same dust storm on Mars that killed the Opportunity rover is helping us understand how…

A mission to Alpha Centauri affirms humanity's faith in the future

Designing and building spacecraft that can traverse 4.3 light years in just two decades is an…

First results from the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter

New evidence of the impact of the recent planet-encompassing dust storm on water in the atmosphere,…

Launching Rockets to Study Auroras

NASA successfully launched the Auroral Zone Upwelling Rocket Experiment or AZURE mission on April 5, 2019,…

The Paradoxes of the Late Hesperian Mars Ocean

The long-standing debate on the existence of ancient oceans on Mars has been recently revived by…

From Sky Gazing to Astronaut; Janet Kavandi Reaches the Astronaut Hall of Fame

A young Janet Kavandi gazed with fascination at the night sky and dreamed of becoming an…

What is BioNutrients?

A biology experiment called BioNutrients is testing a way to use microorganisms to produce nutrients –…

David Saint-Jacques' First Spacewalk

David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency completed the first spacewalk of his career on Monday,…

Fireworks of blue lightning and gamma rays above thunderclouds

After only one year in space, the Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) on the International Space Station…