The ability of Aboriginal Australian peoples to navigate by the night sky suggests they have been…
Author: New Scientist - Space
Space silhouettes: Giant monuments celebrate Soviet supremacy
Moscow is filled with monuments to the space race, when the Soviet Union battled it out…
LIGO should more than double its gravitational wave haul in 2017
The first gravitational waves were spotted by LIGO in 2016 – the floodgates should open now…
Cassini’s grand finale will see orbiter plunge into Saturn
After more than a decade orbiting Saturn and investigating its rings and moons, the Cassini spacecraft…
First exoplanet weather report shows clouds of ruby and sapphire
Observations of a planet called HAT-P-7b over four years reveal windy conditions that push hot clouds…
First exoplanet weather report shows clouds of ruby and sapphire
Observations of a planet called HAT-P-7b over four years reveal windy conditions that push hot clouds…
Fresh look at old data shows the sun is surprisingly sluggish
The standard scale for stars' magnetic activity is all tied to a single telescope – and…
Fresh look at old data shows the sun is surprisingly sluggish
The standard scale for stars' magnetic activity is all tied to a single telescope – and…
Third-ever natural quasicrystal found in Siberian meteorite
A tiny grain of metallic rock from a meteorite found in north-eastern Russia contains a form…
Third-ever natural quasicrystal found in Siberian meteorite
A tiny grain of metallic rock from a meteorite found in north-eastern Russia contains a form…