Intermediate-mass black holes – weighing a few hundred to a few thousand solar masses – are…
Author: New Scientist - Space
Sun’s rotation is slowed down by its own photons
The sun's layers slow the escape of photons of sunlight, and when they finally stream away…
Tweet me, I’m about to die in space
Artists Cath Le Couteur and Nick Ryan weigh in on the space junk problem in the…
Tweet me, I’m about to die in space
Artists Cath Le Couteur and Nick Ryan weigh in on the space junk problem in the…
Gravitational wave detector prepares to peer into bizarre stars
It has already made the discovery of the decade – next LIGO aims to model weird…
Gravitational wave detector prepares to peer into bizarre stars
It has already made the discovery of the decade – next LIGO aims to model weird…
How we found them: Inside a giant gravitational wave detector
It took decades of work to prove that gravitational waves are real. New Scientist goes inside…
Space junk collector burns up after hitting snag in first test
A JAXA spacecraft designed to clear Earth's neighbourhood of debris with an electrified cable re-entered the…
Space junk collector burns up after hitting snag in first test
A JAXA spacecraft designed to clear Earth's neighbourhood of debris with an electrified cable re-entered the…
Old Scientist: Into the twilight zone of dubious causation
Learn in your sleep! Believe your horoscope! It’s not our fault, the window blew in! New…