An enormous telescope designed to watch the entire southern sky will have some of its images…
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New Scientist – Space
We've seen signs of a mirror-image universe that is touching our own
New experiments are revealing hints of a world and a reality that are complete reflections of…
The planets might control the sun's activity – and it's not astrology
Our sun goes through a cycle of activity every 11 years, and it may be kept…
Astronomy group calls for urgent action on SpaceX Starlink satellites
One of the most important organisations in astronomy has waded into the row about SpaceX’s global…
NASA has selected three lunar landers to bring science to the moon
Three companies – Orbit Beyond, Astrobotic and Intuitive Machines – have been awarded contracts by NASA…
Pluto is coloured red by ammonia spewing from underneath its surface
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has found signatures of ammonia on Pluto, which probably spurted from under…
Don't miss: X-Men antics, hunting dark matter and taking on Glorkon
Watch as X-Men’s Jean Grey turns supermutant, visit a dark matter show that wrestles with reality…
Tana Joseph: The Hubble Space Telescope hooked me on science
Astronomer Tana Joseph found her calling as a kid. She talks cosmic beauty, binary black holes…
NASA is running a competition to figure out how to settle the galaxy
You have 80 million years, a fleet of starships, and a galaxy to colonise: Go! That’s…
SpaceX’s bright Starlink satellites are upsetting astronomers
SpaceX launched 60 internet satellites last week and their bright appearance has caused concern amongst astronomers,…