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New Scientist ranks the top 10 discoveries of the decade
The 2010s saw huge advancements across science and technology. Relive the best moments with our definitive…
Driverless cars and the other biggest sci and tech fails of the decade
Whether it was driverless cars, lab-grown meat or faster-than-light neutrinos, some things just didn’t live up…
This Christmas Eve, spot Santa's sleigh flying through the sky
Delight the kids in your life by showing them the International Space Station – it looks…
Pigeons and woolly hats now have exoplanets named after them
More than 100 exoplanets and the stars they orbit have just been officially named by a…
ESA is about to launch a space telescope to study how planets are made
The CHEOPS mission, a space telescope designed to look at exoplanets we’ve already discovered and find…
Hubble Space Telescope snaps best view of interstellar comet Borisov
The interstellar comet Borisov is making its closest approach to the sun and Earth, giving astronomers…
‘Grazing fireball’ skimmed Earth's atmosphere then went back to space
A space rock seen in July 2017 passed through Earth’s atmosphere and back out the other…
How to find Andromeda – a spiral galaxy you can see with the naked eye
Amazingly, it is possible to see the spiral arms of Andromeda, our nearest galaxy 2.5 million…
Should SpaceX be allowed to contaminate Mars with Earth microbes?
The rise of the private space industry may mean allowing Earth microbes to escape to other…