Strange stars that go supernova may be dimming because of dark matter

Some stars that go supernova are dimmer than we expect, so something must be filching their…

India has launched its Chandrayaan 2 mission to the moon

India launched its second moon mission on 22 July. The mission will place a lander and…

Man on the moon? Why we said Apollo 11 was an empty, obsessional quest

New Scientist was opposed to the Apollo missions from the start, and complained for decades that…

Hawaii declares state of emergency amid protests over huge telescope

The planned construction of an enormous telescope atop Mauna Kea is being blocked by Hawaiian protesters…

Chinese space station Tiangong-2 is about to fall from space

The Chinese space agency is getting ready to bring its small space station, Tiangong-2, down from…

Internet joke plan to 'raid' Area 51 gets stern reply from US military

What has driven millions of people to sign up to “storm” Area 51, the US government’s…

Journal criticised for study claiming sun is causing global warming

The journal Scientific Reports has been criticised for publishing a study claiming the past two centuries…

Mystery of universe’s expansion deepens with new cosmic calculation

Cosmologists have two clashing measurements of the universe’s expansion, and a new method of measuring surprisingly…

Terraforming Mars with strange silica blanket could let plants thrive

Mars’s surface is not suitable for life because of its low temperatures and constant radiation bombardment,…

There aren’t enough space explosions to explain strange radio bursts

Weird flashes of radio waves from space could in theory be coming from huge explosions, but…