An exoplanet just 1.4 times the size of Earth has an atmosphere containing water and methane,…
Author: New Scientist - Space
Earth-sized telescope set to snap first picture of a black hole
The Event Horizon Telescope will take images of the black hole at the centre of our…
Go at throttle up: The secret world of NASA’s mission control
A striking documentary movie, Mission Control: The unsung heroes of Apollo, shines a spotlight behind the…
Go at throttle up: The secret world of NASA’s mission control
A striking documentary movie, Mission Control: The unsung heroes of Apollo, shines a spotlight behind the…
NASA rockets leave blistering record of human space flight
Until recently, a flame trench under launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida…
Oldest dust ever spotted in the universe seen in distant galaxy
We’ve spotted dust in a galaxy whose light reaches us from when the universe was only…
Oldest dust ever spotted in the universe seen in distant galaxy
We’ve spotted dust in a galaxy whose light reaches us from when the universe was only…
Gravitational waves slow the spin of shape-shifting neutron star
A tiny bump on a star could change how it rotates and possibly explain why there…
Gravitational waves slow the spin of shape-shifting neutron star
A tiny bump on a star could change how it rotates and possibly explain why there…
Watching SpaceX’s historic relaunch and landing of a used rocket
Hundreds gathered last night to watch SpaceX attempt to launch and land an orbital rocket that…