It’s invisible, and yet the motions of galaxies suggest it must be there. But a recent…
Author: New Scientist - Space
10 mysteries of the universe: What makes monster stars?
Mega-stars hundreds of times the mass of our sun lurk in a galaxy nearby. We don’t…
10 mysteries of the universe: What makes supermassive black holes?
Black holes billions of times the mass of the sun pose a huge challenge to cosmic…
10 mysteries of the universe: Is Earth in a special place?
From Copernicus on, we’ve resisted the idea that Earth has a special place in the cosmos.…
10 mysteries of the universe: Is our solar system normal?
Puffball planets the density of polystyrene are just some of the oddities we’ve spied in other…
10 mysteries of the universe: Why does anything exist at all?
Our best theories predict that all the matter in the universe should have been destroyed as…
10 mysteries of the universe: How did it all begin?
A faint afterglow in the sky tells of a universe that exploded into being 13.8 billion…
SpaceX’s billionaire moon trip is all about building a luxury brand
The first passengers to fly to the moon on SpaceX’s BFR rocket will be artists, in…
SpaceX’s billionaire moon trip is all about building a luxury brand
The first passengers to fly to the moon on SpaceX’s BFR rocket will be artists, in…
A third of us would go one-way to Mars – but it may shrink your brain
New Scientist Asks the Public has revealed that 40 per cent of men want to go…