Astronomers have been spotting strange banana-shaped galaxies and the evidence seems to indicate that filaments of…
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Get ready to watch the dazzling Perseid meteor shower in August
One of the highlights of the astronomical calendar, and something I look forward to every year,…
Welcome to the New Scientist Book Club
Welcome to the New Scientist Book Club, a place to find out about the very best…
Black holes may inherit their magnetic fields from neutron stars
Short-lived neutron stars may explain both the extreme magnetic fields of black holes and gamma ray…
Water molecules found in lunar rock sample for the first time
Although previous studies have found hydrogen and oxygen in moon minerals – implying the presence of…
Galaxy cluster smash-up lets us observe dark matter on its own
When galaxy clusters collided, the dark matter (blue) sailed ahead of the normal matter (orange) W.M.…
A new title from James S. A. Corey is one of the best new sci-fi books of August 2024
Whether it’s black orbs swallowing people in downtown Seoul, murder on Mars or malevolent pigs, August…
Should we put a frozen backup of Earth’s life on the moon?
Shackleton crater, at the moon’s south pole, has areas of permanent shadow LROC/ShadowCam/NASA/KARI/ASU A backup of…
First stars: The search for the stars that changed the history of the universe
akinbostanci/Getty Images As turning points in cosmic history go, the birth of the first stars is…
The sun could capture rogue planets from 3.8 light years away
Artistic illustration of a rogue planet MasPix/Alamy The sun’s gravitational pull may be able to capture…