Huge constellations of satellites like SpaceX’s Starlink could make ground-based astronomy impossible, and we’re running out…
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A NASA telescope has found its first habitable Earth-sized planet
The TESS space telescope has found its first Earth-sized planet with conditions that might be right…
Two stars colliding in 2083 will outshine all the others in the sky
Two stars in the constellation Sagitta are predicted to smash together in the year 2083, producing…
Mercury’s outer layers may have been stripped off by a young Venus
Mercury is mostly iron, which may be because a series of close encounters with a young…
Gravitational wave mystery could be a sign of a new kind of black hole
A neutron star has produced gravitational waves after colliding with an unknown object – it could…
Mysterious radio signal from space seems to have suddenly vanished
Strange blasts from space called fast radio bursts continue to puzzle astronomers with their odd behaviour,…
How to watch the Quadrantids, the first meteor shower of 2020
The Quadrantid meteor shower has a short peak period that lasts only a few hours, so…
Meeting the NASA Mars rover that might find life on the Red Planet
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover will search for signs of life on Mars, and New Scientist’s Leah…
Jill Tarter: The hunt for alien life is only just beginning
We may not have found alien life yet, but new methods and the discovery of exoplanets…
Boeing's Starliner hiccup could delay US plans for crewed spaceflight
A problem with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft prevented it from visiting the ISS on its first flight…