All the galaxies in the universe started out in a similar way, but the forms they…
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New Scientist – Space
Everything we know about the universe – and a few things we don't
How big is the universe? What shape is it? How fast is it expanding? And when…
2021 preview: Three missions will make February 2021 the month of Mars
February 2021 will see three missions arriving at Mars: the Hope orbiter from the United Arab…
NASA probe on Mars may feel the ground shake as rovers land in 2021
The landings of NASA’s Perseverance rover and China’s Tianwen-1 rover on Mars could be detected by…
Weird radio beam probably isn’t aliens but it’s the best candidate yet
The Breakthrough Listen project has found a strange beam of radio waves from Proxima Centauri, which…
Jupiter Saturn conjunction: How to see tonight's 'Christmas star'
Get ready for 21 December 2020, when the “winter solstice great conjunction” of Jupiter and Saturn…
NASA's Parker Solar Probe had a surprise close encounter with a comet
A spacecraft on a mission to the sun had a surprise encounter with a comet last…
China’s Chang’e 5 mission has returned samples from the moon to Earth
The Chang’e 5 spacecraft, which spent just two days on the moon, has returned its lunar…
2020 in review: Earth acquired a minimoon the size of a 6-year-old
An object spotted near Earth in January has since been confirmed as a temporary moon around…
2020 in review: The hunt for life on Venus continues
Clara Sousa-Silva spent most of 2020 sitting on a huge secret – the apparent detection of…