In this season’s crop of science fiction, the world turns to putty in our hands, we…
Author: New Scientist - Space
Science fiction picks: Time for a reality check
In this season’s crop of science fiction, the world turns to putty in our hands, we…
Nuclear reactors on rockets may fuel future crewed trips to Mars
NASA’s push to develop a rocket engine powered by a nuclear reactor could create a faster,…
Nuclear reactors on rockets may fuel future crewed trips to Mars
NASA’s push to develop a rocket engine powered by a nuclear reactor could create a faster,…
Mars’s surface hosts millions of towering dust devils every day
The Red Planet has 10 times as many dust devils as we thought, which stir up…
Mars’s surface hosts millions of towering dust devils every day
The Red Planet has 10 times as many dust devils as we thought, which stir up…
New sky survey shows that dark energy may one day tear us apart
The best cosmic map yet of the universe’s make-up finds 24 per cent less dark matter…
New sky survey shows that dark energy may one day tear us apart
The best cosmic map yet of the universe’s make-up finds 24 per cent less dark matter…
Finding the first pulsar set my world spinning
Fifty years ago, Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered a mysterious, pulsing radio signal – and the downsides…
Giant loner asteroids suggest baby planets formed quickly
The oldest intact asteroids hint that planets didn’t grow by slowly gathering small space rocks, but…