Luca Parmitano during a spacewalk on 9 July 2013 ESA/NASA When the water reached my face,…
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New Scientist Book Club: Read an extract from Kim Stanley Robinson’s sci-fi classic Red Mars
Bluish-white water ice clouds hang above the Tharsis volcanoes on Mars NASA/JPL/MSSS Mars was empty before…
We could protect Earth from dangerous asteroids using a huge magnet
A magnet could help us divert asteroids away from Earth TimothyOLeary/Getty Images We could deflect potentially…
Why Kim Stanley Robinson’s Red Mars is still a classic, 34 years on
Kim Stanley Robinson, author of Red Mars Terese Loeb Kreuzer/Alamy 2026 marks the dawn of a…
Earth may have formed from two separate rings around the sun
Models suggest something is wrong with our picture of the early solar system Panther Media Global…
Mysterious comet disintegration caught by telescope after lucky break
Comet K1 captured by the Hubble Space Telescope NASA, ESA, Dennis Bodewits (AU) By a stroke…
Maggie Aderin’s dream: To walk by the footprints of Neil Armstrong
Maggie Aderin has presented the BBC’s The Sky at Night since 2014 Paul Wilkinson Photography Maggie…
We’ve spotted a huge asteroid spinning impossibly fast
Artist’s depiction of the asteroid 2025 MN45 NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/P. Marenfeld The Vera C.…
Captivating space images show how it has inspired us through the ages
A prototype of the James Webb Space Telescope’s star shade Craig Cutler Thames & Hudson It…
Private company to land on asteroid Apophis as it flies close to Earth
An artist’s impression of an asteroid flying near Earth Erik Simonsen/Getty Images Two landers from a…