We may have found a fresh way to spot the spinning corpses of massive stars, using…
Author: New Scientist - Space
Water telescope uses gamma rays to track new kind of pulsar
We may have found a fresh way to spot the spinning corpses of massive stars, using…
Volunteers spot four super-Earths orbiting sun-like star
Zooniverse’s Exoplanet Explorers project invites citizen scientists to scour data from the Kepler spacecraft - within…
Quantum effects cloak impossible singularities with black holes
Theoretical points in space-time that destroy the laws of physics may not be a threat in…
New approach to dark energy might explain our cooling universe
We thought dark energy was behind the accelerated expansion of the universe to its cold, dark…
NASA funds radical Pluto hopper and cosmic echolocation concepts
The space agency just announced the recipients of its Innovative Advanced Concepts programme, which kickstarts researchers’…
NASA funds radical Pluto hopper and cosmic echolocation concepts
The space agency just announced the recipients of its Innovative Advanced Concepts programme, which kickstarts researchers’…
Mars is so small because Jupiter shook up its formation
Models suggest Mars should be up to twice the mass of Earth, but it’s only one-tenth…
Mars is so small because Jupiter shook up its formation
Models suggest Mars should be up to twice the mass of Earth, but it’s only one-tenth…
Atmosphere containing water detected around rocky exoplanet
An exoplanet just 1.4 times the size of Earth has an atmosphere containing water and methane,…