JWST reveals young star that may be about to give birth to a planet

Spectral information from the James Webb Space Telescope has unveiled chemicals inside a protostar that hint…

Artemis I: NASA has missed the first launch window for its SLS rocket

NASA has had to delay the launch of its powerful SLS rocket. New Scientist’s Leah Crane…

Artemis I livestream: Watch NASA's historic SLS rocket launch

NASA is sending its colossal Space Launch System into space for the first time on 29…

JWST found carbon dioxide in an exoplanet atmosphere – and a mystery

The James Webb Space Telescope has made the first clear detection of carbon dioxide in the…

JWST's images of the cosmos should be for all, not just astronomers

Some scientists are unhappy about the James Webb Space Telescope’s data being made public immediately, but…

The time-lapse telescope that will transform our view of the universe

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will scan the whole southern sky every three nights. From short-lived…

NASA is finally ready to launch the huge SLS rocket for the first time

NASA’s Space Launch System, the most powerful rocket ever built, is scheduled to launch for the…

Black hole sound: NASA makes Perseus singularity audible to humans

NASA has turned sound waves emanating from a black hole at the centre of the Perseus…

JWST has taken even more beautiful images of Jupiter and its aurora

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken new images of Jupiter, showing off its bright hazes,…

Shards of pure ice might snow upwards beneath the ice shell of Europa

The moons Europa and Enceladus probably have global oceans buried beneath their frozen shells, and those…