Hundreds gathered last night to watch SpaceX attempt to launch and land an orbital rocket that…
Author: New Scientist - Space
NASA orbiter shows Mars lost 90 per cent of its CO2 to space
The MAVEN spacecraft has completed the key part of its mission: to track down how much…
NASA orbiter shows Mars lost 90 per cent of its CO2 to space
The MAVEN spacecraft has completed the key part of its mission: to track down how much…
The coldest place in the universe marks a double stellar grave
New observations finally reveal why an odd planetary nebula is so chilly: two stars met their…
Backwards asteroid shares an orbit with Jupiter without crashing
A rare retrograde asteroid has been spotted in Jupiter's orbital zone - and nudges from the…
Backwards asteroid shares an orbit with Jupiter without crashing
A rare retrograde asteroid has been spotted in Jupiter's orbital zone - and nudges from the…
Electrified sand could explain Titan’s odd backward-facing dunes
Saturn’s largest moon is similar to Earth in many ways – but its dunes face the…
Electrified sand could explain Titan’s odd backward-facing dunes
Saturn’s largest moon is similar to Earth in many ways – but its dunes face the…
Stray supermassive black hole flung away by gravitational waves
The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a one-billion solar mass black hole fleeing its galaxy, showing…
Stray supermassive black hole flung away by gravitational waves
The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a one-billion solar mass black hole fleeing its galaxy, showing…