Ceres, a distant dwarf planet, hosts sheets of ice just under its surface. In the summer,…
Author: New Scientist - Space
Stephen Hawking at 70: Exclusive interview
In an exclusive interview with New Scientist to mark his 70th birthday, physicist Stephen Hawking looked…
Weird crystals could grow on Titan and help alien life thrive
The surface of Saturn’s largest moon Titan might be covered, salt-like crystals that could be among…
Weird crystals could grow on Titan and help alien life thrive
The surface of Saturn's largest moon Titan might be covered in salt-like crystals that could be…
The sun’s mysteriously hot corona may be due to invisible plasma
The surface of Saturn's largest moon Titan might be covered in salt-like crystals that could be…
Loops in the sun’s plasma may reveal how its corona gets so hot
The sun’s atmosphere is far hotter than its surface, even though it’s further from the core.…
Stunning shot of Jupiter’s swirling storms taken by Juno camera
NASA’s Juno spacecraft took this image on 7 February from a spot more than 8000 kilometres…
We’ve just spotted the brightest mystery radio burst from space
Fast radio bursts are some of the weirdest, most elusive phenomena in the cosmos. We just…
We’ve just spotted the brightest mystery radio burst from space
Fast radio bursts are some of the weirdest, most elusive phenomena in the cosmos. We just…
Start-up accused of launching mini satellites without permission
In what seems to be the first unauthorised satellite launch, a start-up company may have sent…