If the mass-giving particle were much lighter, the cosmos would quickly collapse in on itself. It’s…
Author: New Scientist - Space
The universe is flat as a pancake. Coincidence?
Dark energy is smoothing the expanding cosmic curves – but only exactly the right amount can…
Mars orbiter spots new crater that may be ExoMars’s lost lander
The lander may have turned off its thrusters too early, meaning it smacked into the ground…
Mars orbiter spots new crater that may be ExoMars’s lost lander
The lander may have turned off its thrusters too early, meaning it smacked into the ground…
Double star may light up the sky as rare red nova in six years
New observations of a binary star in the constellation Cygnus suggest they may be in a…
Double star may light up the sky as rare red nova in six years
New observations of a binary star in the constellation Cygnus suggest they may be in a…
Fears grow that ExoMars lander lost in final minute of descent
ESA has spelled out what we know so far about what happened to the Schiaparelli lander…
Fears grow that ExoMars lander lost in final minute of descent
ESA has spelled out what we know so far about what happened to the Schiaparelli lander…
Life’s subatomic secret: How we’re cracking the Hoyle state
The cryptic carbon nucleus that gives rise to the heavy elements, and to life as we…
Mystery cosmic objects light up in X-ray then go dim in an hour
Digging through old observations of galaxies, astronomers have discovered X-ray flares from objects they can’t yet…