Royal Observatory astronomer Dr Emily Drabek-Maunder takes us on a tour of some of the best…
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New Scientist – Space
Here are the Astronomy Photographer of the Year winners
These images of the sun, the moon and the planets of the solar system took some…
UK night skies will be among worst hit by satellite megaconstellations
From anywhere on Earth there may soon by hundreds of satellites visible in the night sky…
NASA’s Perseverance rover has been hit by 100 ‘dust devils’ on Mars
The Perseverance rover on Mars was hit by 100 dust devils in its first 90 days…
Astronomers may have found a moon orbiting a rogue planet with no star
Exomoons are notoriously hard to spot, but it may be easier around free-floating planets that don’t…
SpaceX is about to send the first ever all-amateur mission into orbit
SpaceX’s Inspiration4 launch, planned for 15 September, will mark the first time a flight into orbit…
Astronauts could use their blood and urine to make Martian concrete
Mixing materials extracted from their own blood and urine with native Martian soil could let astronauts…
Planet-eating stars can be identified by their telltale chemistry
Stars that have eaten their planets aren’t promising places to look for alien life, and now…
Black holes just got much more complicated thanks to quantum pressure
Black holes were once thought not to have pressure, but a new set of quantum calculations…
We have spotted a new kind of supernova triggered by cosmic collisions
When a neutron star or a black hole ploughs through a massive star, it can force…