Astronomers have use the VLT Survey Telescope to snap the sharpest ever picture of the Tarantula Nebula, the…
Author: New Scientist - Space
See a cosmic spider caught spinning up brand new stars
Astronomers have use the VLT Survey Telescope to snap the sharpest ever picture of the Tarantula Nebula, the…
Pluto is not a planet – it’s a billion comets squished together
Pluto’s heart-shaped ice plain is full of nitrogen, which hints that the tiny world is made…
Pluto is not a planet – it’s a billion comets squished together
Pluto’s heart-shaped ice plain is full of nitrogen, which hints that the tiny world is made…
Clouds of plasma let us zoom in on weird flashes from space
Space plasma magnifies the light from a distant pulsar, letting us zoom in on features so…
Clouds of plasma let us zoom in on weird flashes from space
Space plasma magnifies the light from a distant pulsar, letting us zoom in on features so…
China launched a satellite to help explore the moon’s far side
A satellite launched on 21 May will allow China's upcoming moon lander – the first to…
China launched a satellite to help explore the moon’s far side
A satellite launched on 21 May will allow China's upcoming moon lander – the first to…
Why Saturn’s inner moons look like ravioli, cigars and potatoes
The small moons that orbit in Saturn’s rings have a range of odd shapes, all of…
Why Saturn’s inner moons look like ravioli, cigars and potatoes
The small moons that orbit in Saturn’s rings have a range of odd shapes, all of…