Lunar samples collected during NASA’s Apollo missions are still enabling new discoveries NASA/ESA The largest crater…
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The 21 best science fiction books of all time – according to New Scientist writers
By its very nature, science fiction encompasses a vast and sprawling world of stories, from the…
Read an extract from Tade Thompson’s science fiction novel Rosewater
Jane Khomi/Moment RF/Getty Images Rosewater: Opening Day 2066 Now I’m at the Integrity Bank job for…
Moon bases will need to be 3 metres underground to avoid radiation
To keep long-term moon residents safe from harmful radiation, lunar bases will need to be built…
Could we set Uranus on fire to steal its hidden diamonds?
Dead Planets Society is a podcast that takes outlandish ideas about how to tinker with…
Universe’s missing matter may be explained by galaxies leaking gas
Galaxies like Andromeda have a supermassive black hole at the centre NASA/JPL-Caltech Supermassive black holes appear…
Zombie galaxy came back to life after 20 million years
An artist’s impression of the very distant undead galaxy ESO/M. Kornmesser A strange, zombie-like galaxy has…
NASA’s cancelled VIPER moon rover calls 2026 Artemis crewed landing into question
VIPER won’t go to the moon after all NASA A fully constructed rover that was due…
Perseids: How to watch 2024’s spectacular mid-year meteor shower
The 2023 Perseid meteor shower seen over grasslands in China Cynthia Lee/Alamy The Perseid meteor shower…
Saturn’s moon Titan has an equivalent of freshwater rivers and salty oceans
The north polar region of Titan, imaged using radar signals from the Cassini probe, with hydrocarbon…