Cassini’s 10 best pictures from its 13-year voyage around Saturn

On 15 September, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will crash into Saturn, ending its mission with a bang.…

Cassini’s legacy: Where next in the search for alien life

Without Cassini and its forebears we would never have guessed life may lurk in the cold…

Slingshot around Titan is the beginning of the end for Cassini

The Cassini spacecraft is passing by Titan on its final nosedive into Saturn. Plenty has been…

Slingshot around Titan is the beginning of the end for Cassini

The Cassini spacecraft is passing by Titan on its final nosedive into Saturn. Plenty has been…

Our sun probably didn’t steal Planet Nine from outer space

If there is a Planet Nine lurking in the outer reaches of our solar system, it…

Our sun probably didn’t steal Planet Nine from outer space

If there is a Planet Nine lurking in the outer reaches of our solar system, it…

Low-oxygen dwarf galaxy shows us how the early universe looked

A star factory with the lowest oxygen level ever seen in such a galaxy could help…

Low-oxygen dwarf galaxy shows us how the early universe looked

A star factory with the lowest oxygen level ever seen in such a galaxy could help…

Win the chance to speak to an astronaut on the ISS

London calling low-Earth orbit. Enter our New Scientist Live competition to pose a question to an astronaut…

Win the chance to speak to an astronaut on the ISS

London calling low-Earth orbit. Enter our New Scientist Live competition to pose a question to an astronaut…