New Scientist - Space https://www.newscientist.com/ https://www.newscientist.com/build/images/ns-logo-scaled.ed2dc11a.png https://www.newscientist.com daily 1 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2408616-get-ready-to-see-a-total-solar-eclipse-in-2024-heres-how/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Sun, 31 Dec 2023 15:00:19 +0000 The moon will cover the sun on 8 April 2024 for people in parts of the US, Canada and Mexico, creating an experience unlike any other 2408616-get-ready-to-see-a-total-solar-eclipse-in-2024-heres-how|2408616 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26034711-900-europa-clipper-will-launch-to-jupiter-in-2024-to-explore-its-icy-moon/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 27 Dec 2023 18:00:00 +0000 Jupiter's moon Europa is thought to be one of the best places to look for life beyond Earth, thanks to its subsurface ocean, and in 2024 NASA is launching a mission to take a close look mg26034711-900-europa-clipper-will-launch-to-jupiter-in-2024-to-explore-its-icy-moon|2409526 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26034710-300-have-we-found-filaments-of-pure-energy-unleashed-during-the-big-bang/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 27 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0000 Puzzling ancient galaxies and oddly shaped clusters suggest we have glimpsed cosmic strings travelling at the speed of light – and with them clues to a deeper theory of reality mg26034710-300-have-we-found-filaments-of-pure-energy-unleashed-during-the-big-bang|2408813 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2409468-radio-bursts-from-space-are-exhibiting-a-strange-sad-trombone-effect/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 28 Dec 2023 13:00:54 +0000 Astronomers have spotted a set of 35 mysterious flashes of radio waves from space that seem to show a strange phenomenon of decreasing frequency that has never been seen before 2409468-radio-bursts-from-space-are-exhibiting-a-strange-sad-trombone-effect|2409468 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2403246-japan-is-sending-a-rover-to-marss-moon-phobos-in-2024/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 28 Dec 2023 10:00:19 +0000 The Martian Moons eXploration mission is slated to launch for Phobos in September 2024 – once it gets there, it will drop off a rover, pick up some samples and head home 2403246-japan-is-sending-a-rover-to-marss-moon-phobos-in-2024|2403246 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26034694-200-six-of-the-most-amazing-space-pictures-from-2023/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 13 Dec 2023 18:00:00 +0000 This year saw an extraordinary number of awe-inspiring images of objects in space, thanks in part to the James Webb Space Telescope. Here are the ones that dazzled us most and why they are important mg26034694-200-six-of-the-most-amazing-space-pictures-from-2023|2407978 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26034690-500-india-made-history-with-2023s-low-budget-chandrayaan-3-moon-landing/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 13 Dec 2023 18:00:00 +0000 With the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission in August, India became the fourth country to land a craft on the moon, days after Russia’s failed attempt mg26034690-500-india-made-history-with-2023s-low-budget-chandrayaan-3-moon-landing|2407651 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2409483-nasa-sends-cat-video-31-million-kilometres-through-space/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:33:04 +0000 The record for long-distance laser messaging has been broken with a high-resolution video of Taters the cat chasing a red laser dot – it was transmitted over 31 million kilometres 2409483-nasa-sends-cat-video-31-million-kilometres-through-space|2409483 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26034691-800-strange-alien-worlds-suggest-earth-could-survive-the-death-of-the-sun/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 12 Dec 2023 16:00:00 +0000 We thought there was no chance our world could survive the fiery death of the sun in another 5 billion years. Now sightings of strange "orphan planets" might force us to rewrite the story mg26034691-800-strange-alien-worlds-suggest-earth-could-survive-the-death-of-the-sun|2407673 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2409389-stunning-jwst-image-of-uranus-shows-13-rings-and-nine-moons/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 18 Dec 2023 17:13:53 +0000 Rings, moons, storms and a bright polar cap can be seen in this breathtaking new image of Uranus from the James Webb Space Telescope 2409389-stunning-jwst-image-of-uranus-shows-13-rings-and-nine-moons|2409389 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2409202-we-may-have-found-a-crater-on-jupiters-moon-io-for-the-first-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 18 Dec 2023 18:00:23 +0000 Jupiter’s moon Io is so volcanically active that any impact craters are rapidly covered up, but an amateur astronomer may have finally spotted the first one ever seen there 2409202-we-may-have-found-a-crater-on-jupiters-moon-io-for-the-first-time|2409202 https://www.newscientist.com/video/2409257-jwst-and-hubble-take-stunning-image-of-the-christmas-tree-cluster/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 18 Dec 2023 18:00:15 +0000 JWST and Hubble take stunning image of the 'Christmas tree' cluster, so-called because of the colourful flickering lights found within 2409257-jwst-and-hubble-take-stunning-image-of-the-christmas-tree-cluster|2409257 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2408966-moons-around-uranus-may-suddenly-develop-atmospheres-in-the-spring/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Sat, 16 Dec 2023 07:00:41 +0000 When springtime comes to Uranus's moons, the increased sunlight may cause ices on the surface to turn into gases, which would create tenuous temporary atmospheres 2408966-moons-around-uranus-may-suddenly-develop-atmospheres-in-the-spring|2408966 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2408964-astronomers-have-spotted-what-may-be-the-smallest-stars-ever-seen/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 15 Dec 2023 16:30:20 +0000 The James Webb Space Telescope has found three objects about a thousand light years away that may be the least massive brown dwarf stars ever seen – though it is unclear how they formed 2408964-astronomers-have-spotted-what-may-be-the-smallest-stars-ever-seen|2408964 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2408764-the-biggest-science-news-stories-of-2023-as-chosen-by-new-scientist/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:24:05 +0000 AI chatbots and a weight-loss drug swept the world, temperature records tumbled and India landed on the moon in a year of astonishing science news 2408764-the-biggest-science-news-stories-of-2023-as-chosen-by-new-scientist|2408764 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2408968-stolen-planet-could-be-hiding-on-the-edge-of-our-solar-system/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 15 Dec 2023 10:17:39 +0000 When the sun was young, it may have stolen a planet from another nearby star – meaning an exoplanet could be waiting on the outer edges of the solar system for us to discover 2408968-stolen-planet-could-be-hiding-on-the-edge-of-our-solar-system|2408968 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2408622-cyanide-in-the-ocean-of-saturns-moon-enceladus-could-be-good-for-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 14 Dec 2023 16:00:46 +0000 Hydrogen cyanide, ethane and traces of methanol are present in the water spewing from Enceladus's ocean – all of which could be building blocks of life 2408622-cyanide-in-the-ocean-of-saturns-moon-enceladus-could-be-good-for-life|2408622 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2408417-two-books-to-write-and-the-universe-to-decipher-2024s-gonna-be-busy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 13 Dec 2023 18:00:00 +0000 Chanda Prescod-Weinstein looks back over the past 12 months, and reveals some more details about the books she's currently working on 2408417-two-books-to-write-and-the-universe-to-decipher-2024s-gonna-be-busy|2408417 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2407508-how-to-see-the-spectacular-geminid-meteor-shower-peak-late-tonight/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 13 Dec 2023 11:40:30 +0000 The Geminid meteor shower will peak very early on the morning of 14 December, shortly after a new moon, making for perfect viewing conditions 2407508-how-to-see-the-spectacular-geminid-meteor-shower-peak-late-tonight|2407508 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26034694-800-weird-cosmic-clumping-hints-our-understanding-of-the-universe-is-wrong/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 12 Dec 2023 17:00:00 +0000 A vast survey of more than 25 million galaxies confirms we still can’t be sure how much matter clusters together, suggesting something is awry with the standard model of cosmology mg26034694-800-weird-cosmic-clumping-hints-our-understanding-of-the-universe-is-wrong|2407984 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2405961-this-mathematical-trick-can-help-you-imagine-space-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 08 Dec 2023 07:00:59 +0000 Visualising space-time can be a mind-melting exercise, but mathematician Manil Suri has a trick that makes it easier 2405961-this-mathematical-trick-can-help-you-imagine-space-time|2405961 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2407185-the-moon-may-enter-a-new-geological-period-thanks-to-human-activity/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 08 Dec 2023 10:00:31 +0000 Humans have been altering the lunar surface since the first Soviet probe in 1959. With moon missions set to ramp up, researchers say humanity is now the dominant geological force and the moon is entering its equivalent of the Anthropocene 2407185-the-moon-may-enter-a-new-geological-period-thanks-to-human-activity|2407185 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2407092-space-forces-secretive-space-plane-is-making-its-highest-flight-yet/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 06 Dec 2023 18:13:07 +0000 The US Space Force is launching its mysterious X-37B space plane on 10 December atop a Falcon Heavy rocket for what will probably be its highest and longest flight yet 2407092-space-forces-secretive-space-plane-is-making-its-highest-flight-yet|2407092 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2406841-roo-ver-australias-first-moon-rover-has-name-chosen-in-public-vote/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 06 Dec 2023 11:32:16 +0000 The Australian Space Agency is working on plans for its first moon rover, which will fly on an Artemis mission later this decade – and it has already chosen a name 2406841-roo-ver-australias-first-moon-rover-has-name-chosen-in-public-vote|2406841 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2405812-2023-saw-thrilling-space-missions-and-new-cosmic-mysteries/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 05 Dec 2023 10:00:55 +0000 The past year gave us thrilling missions to Jupiter and the moon, stunning images that captured the universe like it’s never been seen before, and a few tanatalising cosmic mysteries 2405812-2023-saw-thrilling-space-missions-and-new-cosmic-mysteries|2405812 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24833132-500-searching-for-stardust-how-to-find-micrometeorites-in-your-gutters/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 16 Dec 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Space dust is constantly falling to Earth, sprinkling rooftops with beautiful particles unchanged since the birth of the solar system. To find some, start with a sieve – and be patient mg24833132-500-searching-for-stardust-how-to-find-micrometeorites-in-your-gutters|2262923 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2406120-largest-stream-of-stars-ever-found-could-teach-us-about-dark-matter/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Sat, 02 Dec 2023 07:00:58 +0000 The newfound Giant Coma Stream of stars stretches nearly 1.7 million light years across the cosmos, and it could have holes blasted through it by clumps of dark matter 2406120-largest-stream-of-stars-ever-found-could-teach-us-about-dark-matter|2406120 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2405706-passing-star-could-fling-earth-out-past-pluto-into-the-oort-cloud/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 01 Dec 2023 21:11:15 +0000 If another star passed close to our solar system, there is a small chance that Earth could crash into another planet, get stolen by the interloping star or even be sent hurtling towards the Oort cloud 2405706-passing-star-could-fling-earth-out-past-pluto-into-the-oort-cloud|2405706 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2405884-see-a-forgotten-meteor-shower-caused-by-a-dead-comet-this-weekend/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 01 Dec 2023 09:53:19 +0000 The Andromedid meteor shower is normally a quiet affair, but very occasionally it puts on an intense show - which may happen on 2 December 2405884-see-a-forgotten-meteor-shower-caused-by-a-dead-comet-this-weekend|2405884 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2405683-tiny-star-found-harbouring-a-huge-planet-that-shouldnt-exist/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 30 Nov 2023 19:00:03 +0000 An enormous planet has been spotted orbiting a small star, and it could not have formed under either of our existing models of the birth of planets 2405683-tiny-star-found-harbouring-a-huge-planet-that-shouldnt-exist|2405683 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2405379-six-planets-found-orbiting-a-bright-star-100-light-years-away/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 29 Nov 2023 16:00:19 +0000 The orbits of six planets around the star HD 110067 have been in a fixed pattern for billions of years, giving astronomers clues about how they formed 2405379-six-planets-found-orbiting-a-bright-star-100-light-years-away|2405379 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2405371-key-molecule-for-life-may-have-formed-on-interstellar-ice/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 29 Nov 2023 13:00:55 +0000 Some scientists suspect that amino acids were transported to Earth by meteorites. A team has now found that an amino acid called carbamic acid forms at extreme cold temperatures, suggesting that it may have been created on clumps of ice in deep space 2405371-key-molecule-for-life-may-have-formed-on-interstellar-ice|2405371 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2405167-majestic-photo-shows-chinas-tiangong-space-station-in-all-its-glory/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:19:23 +0000 The Tiangong space station, China’s orbiting laboratory, was completed last year – now it has been photographed in full for the first time 2405167-majestic-photo-shows-chinas-tiangong-space-station-in-all-its-glory|2405167 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2405128-glimpse-of-the-earliest-supernovae-could-reveal-our-cosmic-origins/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 28 Nov 2023 09:38:01 +0000 Almost every element in the universe, including those that make up our bodies, was created by a process that began when the earliest stars exploded - and now the James Webb Space Telescope may have seen signs of those supernovae 2405128-glimpse-of-the-earliest-supernovae-could-reveal-our-cosmic-origins|2405128 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26034663-100-our-hunt-for-alien-life-needs-solid-guidelines-for-clear-cut-success/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 22 Nov 2023 18:00:00 +0000 A proposed framework to assess and communicate the credibility of detections of extraterrestrial life is vital to deliver results we can all believe in mg26034663-100-our-hunt-for-alien-life-needs-solid-guidelines-for-clear-cut-success|2404239 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26034661-000-how-to-spot-this-years-geminid-meteor-shower/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 22 Nov 2023 18:00:00 +0000 The peak of the spectacular Geminids meteor shower is on the night of 14 and 15 December, but the shower is active from 4 December, says Abigail Beall mg26034661-000-how-to-spot-this-years-geminid-meteor-shower|2403709 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2404079-strange-way-black-holes-lose-energy-could-help-solve-cosmic-puzzle/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 24 Nov 2023 10:00:09 +0000 The spin of black holes may be harnessed by their magnetic fields, which release hundreds of millions of times the energy of the sun and could power their enormous jets 2404079-strange-way-black-holes-lose-energy-could-help-solve-cosmic-puzzle|2404079 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2403932-mercury-has-salt-glaciers-that-could-provide-the-conditions-for-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 23 Nov 2023 10:00:08 +0000 Mercury may have deep underground salt glaciers that encircle the whole planet and could possibly create the conditions necessary for life 2403932-mercury-has-salt-glaciers-that-could-provide-the-conditions-for-life|2403932 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26034660-100-how-excited-should-we-be-by-signs-of-life-spotted-on-alien-worlds/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 21 Nov 2023 16:00:00 +0000 We keep spotting molecular “biosignatures” in the atmospheres of planets beyond Earth, but it isn't clear if any of them can provide definitive evidence that we’re not alone mg26034660-100-how-excited-should-we-be-by-signs-of-life-spotted-on-alien-worlds|2403602 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2403635-what-would-life-on-earth-be-like-if-our-planet-were-cube-shaped/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 21 Nov 2023 14:52:43 +0000 In the two-part season finale of Dead Planets Society, our hosts are turning Earth into a cube with fascinating results – walking to space, enormous sea monsters and more 2403635-what-would-life-on-earth-be-like-if-our-planet-were-cube-shaped|2403635 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2403734-strange-nebula-changes-colour-rhythmically-like-a-mood-lamp/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 21 Nov 2023 11:00:23 +0000 A mysterious, star-like object seems to be making its nebula change colour and brightness in a rhythmic way every four years 2403734-strange-nebula-changes-colour-rhythmically-like-a-mood-lamp|2403734 https://www.newscientist.com/video/2403738-spacex-starship-explodes-after-reaching-space-for-the-first-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 20 Nov 2023 14:14:53 +0000 SpaceX successfully launches its Starship rocket, the most powerful to ever fly, before it is lost in an explosion after reaching space for the first time 2403738-spacex-starship-explodes-after-reaching-space-for-the-first-time|2403738 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2403573-how-to-watch-the-leonid-meteor-shower-peaking-this-weekend/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 17 Nov 2023 11:51:41 +0000 The Leonids are known for their bright, fast-moving meteors. The shower will peak on 17 and 18 November and can be seen from anywhere in the world 2403573-how-to-watch-the-leonid-meteor-shower-peaking-this-weekend|2403573 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2403439-spacex-starship-launch-delayed-what-time-is-the-new-launch/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 16 Nov 2023 14:42:05 +0000 Elon Musk's SpaceX is gearing up for the second ever launch of its massive Starship rocket on 18 November 2403439-spacex-starship-launch-delayed-what-time-is-the-new-launch|2403439 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2403155-fluffy-exoplanet-blasted-by-its-sun-has-clouds-that-rain-sand/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 15 Nov 2023 16:00:21 +0000 The James Webb Space Telescope has let us peer into the atmosphere of gas giant planet WASP-107b, and it has clouds made of sand and an atmosphere of sulphur dioxide and water vapour 2403155-fluffy-exoplanet-blasted-by-its-sun-has-clouds-that-rain-sand|2403155 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2402996-comets-may-bring-ingredients-for-life-most-easily-to-clustered-planets/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 15 Nov 2023 00:01:24 +0000 Comets may be a key source for the building blocks of life, but the only planetary systems where those ingredients could survive impact may be ones with large stars or lots of neighbouring worlds 2402996-comets-may-bring-ingredients-for-life-most-easily-to-clustered-planets|2402996 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2402597-a-comet-wagged-its-tail-as-it-flew-past-the-sun/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 14 Nov 2023 08:00:06 +0000 The tail of comet Erasmus swung back and forth during its closest approach to the sun, probably because of a cloud of plasma spat out during a solar storm 2402597-a-comet-wagged-its-tail-as-it-flew-past-the-sun|2402597 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2402636-robotic-chemist-discovers-how-to-make-oxygen-from-martian-minerals/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 13 Nov 2023 16:00:50 +0000 A chemistry robot analysed meteorite samples and tested a range of catalysts, demonstrating a possible approach for producing oxygen at a Martian colony 2402636-robotic-chemist-discovers-how-to-make-oxygen-from-martian-minerals|2402636 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2402321-plants-thrive-in-lunar-soil-with-help-from-phosphorus-making-bacteria/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 10 Nov 2023 14:10:03 +0000 The moon lacks the nutrients that plants need to grow, but adding three types of bacteria to a simulation of lunar soil enabled tobacco plants to flourish in lab experiments 2402321-plants-thrive-in-lunar-soil-with-help-from-phosphorus-making-bacteria|2402321 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2402016-astronomers-have-found-the-most-distant-black-hole-ever-confirmed/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 09 Nov 2023 21:00:26 +0000 The most distant supermassive black hole confirmed is more than 31 billion light years away, and it could be the key to figuring out how these behemoths grew so big so fast 2402016-astronomers-have-found-the-most-distant-black-hole-ever-confirmed|2402016 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26034640-100-why-we-need-to-bring-stellar-astrophysics-into-the-real-world/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 08 Nov 2023 18:00:00 +0000 Explaining the structure and evolution of stars may seem as esoteric as can be, but there are many applications for this knowledge in our day-to-day lives, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein mg26034640-100-why-we-need-to-bring-stellar-astrophysics-into-the-real-world|2401119 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2401621-when-to-see-venus-disappear-behind-the-moon-this-thursday/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 08 Nov 2023 09:00:40 +0000 Venus will vanish behind the moon for about an hour in the morning of 9 November in Europe, western Russia and some of northern Africa – here’s how to watch it happen 2401621-when-to-see-venus-disappear-behind-the-moon-this-thursday|2401621 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2401932-distant-milky-way-like-galaxy-is-older-than-we-thought-possible/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 08 Nov 2023 16:00:58 +0000 The most distant Milky Way-like galaxy ever seen – a barred spiral galaxy – has been spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope and it is more than 11 billion years old 2401932-distant-milky-way-like-galaxy-is-older-than-we-thought-possible|2401932 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2401226-how-jupiters-powerful-storms-compare-to-weather-on-hot-jupiters/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 08 Nov 2023 11:00:54 +0000 From the Great Red Spot to the extreme jet stream, Jupiter’s weather is intense, but that's nothing compared to the extraordinary storms and winds on other gas giants in the universe 2401226-how-jupiters-powerful-storms-compare-to-weather-on-hot-jupiters|2401226 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2401710-newfound-moon-around-asteroid-dinkinesh-is-actually-two-touching-rocks/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 07 Nov 2023 23:25:57 +0000 When NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew past the asteroid Dinkinesh, it found an unexpected satellite – but further images revealed that it is actually two rocks tenuously connected together 2401710-newfound-moon-around-asteroid-dinkinesh-is-actually-two-touching-rocks|2401710 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2401185-can-we-smash-together-all-of-the-asteroids-to-build-a-new-planet/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 07 Nov 2023 15:17:48 +0000 The asteroid belt is messy and sometimes a threat to our solar system’s planets, so on this episode of Dead Planets Society it’s time to tidy it up into a single asteroid world 2401185-can-we-smash-together-all-of-the-asteroids-to-build-a-new-planet|2401185 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2401441-euclid-space-telescope-releases-its-first-stunning-full-colour-images/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 07 Nov 2023 13:15:58 +0000 The European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope has released five of its first science images, including an iconic nebula and glistening galaxies 2401441-euclid-space-telescope-releases-its-first-stunning-full-colour-images|2401441 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2401527-the-sun-is-smaller-than-we-thought-it-was/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 07 Nov 2023 12:25:09 +0000 Measurements of sound waves passing through the sun seem to confirm that it isn’t as big as we thought and we don’t fully understand its interior 2401527-the-sun-is-smaller-than-we-thought-it-was|2401527 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26034632-300-walking-on-the-moon-candid-photos-from-astronaut-tim-peakes-new-book/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:00:00 +0000 From Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface to the first US spacewalk by Ed White, Tim Peake updates the story of “ordinary people doing extraordinary jobs” mg26034632-300-walking-on-the-moon-candid-photos-from-astronaut-tim-peakes-new-book|2400359 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2401091-lucy-spacecraft-found-another-asteroid-behind-the-asteroid-dinkinesh/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 02 Nov 2023 21:41:10 +0000 NASA's Lucy spacecraft flew past its first asteroid, Dinkinesh, on 1 November, and the first images have shown that Dinkinesh has a second, even tinier, asteroid orbiting it 2401091-lucy-spacecraft-found-another-asteroid-behind-the-asteroid-dinkinesh|2401091 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26034632-200-searching-for-life-on-mars-isnt-worth-the-risk-to-earth/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:00:00 +0000 The Mars Sample Return mission aims to retrieve samples of Martian rock and soil to look for signs of life – but a rethink is needed to ensure Earth’s biosecurity, says Paul Marks mg26034632-200-searching-for-life-on-mars-isnt-worth-the-risk-to-earth|2400358 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2400337-nasas-lucy-spacecraft-is-hurtling-towards-the-tiny-asteroid-dinkinesh/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 31 Oct 2023 17:21:06 +0000 The Lucy spacecraft will visit its first of 10 asteroids on 1 November – a small rock called Dinkinesh that will be used to test the scientific instruments for its mission to the Trojan asteroids 2400337-nasas-lucy-spacecraft-is-hurtling-towards-the-tiny-asteroid-dinkinesh|2400337 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2400148-partial-lunar-eclipse-captured-in-stunning-images-around-the-world/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 30 Oct 2023 12:57:04 +0000 On 28 October, the full moon had a red tinge for viewers in the UK, the rest of Europe and those in Asia and Africa, created by Earth's shadow 2400148-partial-lunar-eclipse-captured-in-stunning-images-around-the-world|2400148 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2399067-mouse-embryos-have-been-grown-in-space-for-the-first-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 27 Oct 2023 17:00:51 +0100 An experiment on the International Space Station suggests early embryo development isn't affected by the low-gravity, high-radiation conditions 2399067-mouse-embryos-have-been-grown-in-space-for-the-first-time|2399067 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2399802-strange-supernova-blasts-hint-we-have-glimpsed-a-black-holes-birth/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 27 Oct 2023 13:00:36 +0100 Mysterious rhythmic bursts of light from a supernova hint that it has become a compact object like a black hole or neutron star 2399802-strange-supernova-blasts-hint-we-have-glimpsed-a-black-holes-birth|2399802 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2399613-what-time-is-the-partial-lunar-eclipse-of-the-full-moon-this-weekend/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 26 Oct 2023 11:57:45 +0100 The full moon on 28 October will have a red tinge for viewers in the UK, Europe, Asia and Africa as part of the moon passes into Earth’s shadow 2399613-what-time-is-the-partial-lunar-eclipse-of-the-full-moon-this-weekend|2399613 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2399530-ice-spewing-supervolcano-may-have-been-found-on-pluto/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 25 Oct 2023 15:54:56 +0100 Images of Pluto from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft show a 44-kilometre-wide crater with hints of recent volcanic activity 2399530-ice-spewing-supervolcano-may-have-been-found-on-pluto|2399530 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2399028-what-would-it-take-to-make-the-most-inhospitable-planet-for-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 24 Oct 2023 16:31:24 +0100 Most of the planets discovered in the universe so far would be incredibly hostile for life, but Dead Planets Society is intent on creating one worse than any we’ve seen before 2399028-what-would-it-take-to-make-the-most-inhospitable-planet-for-life|2399028 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2398865-oddly-bright-burst-may-mean-space-is-more-transparent-than-we-thought/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 24 Oct 2023 11:00:57 +0100 A gamma ray burst seen last year was so powerful that cosmologists might have to update their models of the universe 2398865-oddly-bright-burst-may-mean-space-is-more-transparent-than-we-thought|2398865 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2398867-the-moon-is-40-million-years-older-than-we-thought-it-was/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 23 Oct 2023 13:00:36 +0100 A new look at the age of zircon crystals in a lunar rock sample brought back by NASA's Apollo 17 mission in 1972 has revealed that the moon formed at least 4.46 billion years ago 2398867-the-moon-is-40-million-years-older-than-we-thought-it-was|2398867 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2398322-how-to-see-the-orionid-meteor-shower-in-october-and-november/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 20 Oct 2023 06:12:12 +0100 The Orionids are flashes of light that appear in the sky every year when Earth passes through debris from Halley’s comet. On 21 October they will be visible from almost anywhere in the world 2398322-how-to-see-the-orionid-meteor-shower-in-october-and-november|2398322 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26034611-100-how-to-spot-the-constellation-aquila-and-its-deep-sky-objects/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 18 Oct 2023 19:00:00 +0100 Use the night sky pattern known as the summer triangle to help you track down Aquila, the eagle, and its collection of open star clusters, says Abigail Beall mg26034611-100-how-to-spot-the-constellation-aquila-and-its-deep-sky-objects|2397667 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2398539-a-blast-of-radio-waves-hit-earth-after-travelling-for-8-billion-years/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 19 Oct 2023 20:00:11 +0100 A huge burst of energy that has been travelling for more than half the age of the universe is powerful enough to microwave a bowl of popcorn twice the size of the sun 2398539-a-blast-of-radio-waves-hit-earth-after-travelling-for-8-billion-years|2398539 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26034611-000-seven-wonders-of-the-milky-way-an-astronomers-guide-to-the-galaxy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 16 Oct 2023 17:30:00 +0100 Join us on an exhilarating tour of the Milky Way’s most spectacular sights – from a monstrous black hole and a river of dark matter to a diamond planet, primordial stars and a cosmic hall of mirrors mg26034611-000-seven-wonders-of-the-milky-way-an-astronomers-guide-to-the-galaxy|2397666 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2397874-stunning-photo-of-jupiters-volcanic-moon-io-is-our-best-in-decades/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 17 Oct 2023 12:52:13 +0100 NASA's Juno spacecraft has swooped close to Jupiter's moon Io, capturing this amazing photo of the surface – and even better ones will come soon 2397874-stunning-photo-of-jupiters-volcanic-moon-io-is-our-best-in-decades|2397874 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2398017-largest-quake-ever-seen-on-mars-points-to-surprising-seismic-activity/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 17 Oct 2023 15:01:00 +0100 Mars is generally thought of as being geologically dead, but a huge marsquake measured by NASA's InSight lander suggests otherwise 2398017-largest-quake-ever-seen-on-mars-points-to-surprising-seismic-activity|2398017 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26034600-700-the-quantum-experiment-that-could-help-find-evidence-of-the-multiverse/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 11 Oct 2023 17:00:00 +0100 Scars of collisions with other universes could show up in radiation from the big bang. A new experiment aims to mimic these collisions and help us look for them mg26034600-700-the-quantum-experiment-that-could-help-find-evidence-of-the-multiverse|2396600 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25934591-400-why-the-next-solar-eclipses-are-a-unique-chance-to-understand-the-sun/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 02 Oct 2023 17:00:00 +0100 North America will see an annular solar eclipse on 14 October and a total eclipse in April 2024. Scientists are preparing to use these spectacles to study our star's mysterious corona mg25934591-400-why-the-next-solar-eclipses-are-a-unique-chance-to-understand-the-sun|2395283 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2394269-how-to-spot-octobers-ring-of-fire-solar-eclipse-across-the-americas/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 06 Oct 2023 14:00:06 +0100 An annular solar eclipse, also known as a “ring of fire” eclipse because of the way the sun and moon line up, will be visible in the US, Central America and South America on 14 October 2394269-how-to-spot-octobers-ring-of-fire-solar-eclipse-across-the-americas|2394269 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2397359-we-could-make-roads-on-the-moon-by-melting-lunar-dust/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 12 Oct 2023 17:00:39 +0100 Lunar dust can be melted with a laser to make a strong, glassy material – and a similar effect could be achieved by focusing sunlight with a lens 2397359-we-could-make-roads-on-the-moon-by-melting-lunar-dust|2397359 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2396666-how-the-balloon-analogy-for-an-expanding-universe-is-almost-perfect/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 11 Oct 2023 19:00:00 +0100 If space-time is expanding, then why does gravity seem to pull things together? Physics can be weird, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 2396666-how-the-balloon-analogy-for-an-expanding-universe-is-almost-perfect|2396666 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2397232-samples-from-asteroid-bennu-contain-the-key-ingredients-of-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 11 Oct 2023 22:23:13 +0100 The asteroid Bennu was sampled by NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex mission, which returned to Earth last month. Researchers have already begun studying the samples, and say they contain key ingredients of life 2397232-samples-from-asteroid-bennu-contain-the-key-ingredients-of-life|2397232 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2397089-two-giant-planets-collided-and-vaporised-in-a-distant-star-system/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 11 Oct 2023 17:00:49 +0100 A star behaving strangely was the first clue that astronomers were witnessing two Neptune-sized planets smashing into each other, creating a doughnut that may one day birth a new planet and moons 2397089-two-giant-planets-collided-and-vaporised-in-a-distant-star-system|2397089 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2392930-nasas-psyche-mission-to-a-metal-asteroid-may-reveal-how-earth-formed/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 21 Sep 2023 13:00:30 +0100 The Psyche mission is scheduled to begin its journey to an asteroid of the same name on 13 October – it could help us understand Earth’s core and how our planet formed 2392930-nasas-psyche-mission-to-a-metal-asteroid-may-reveal-how-earth-formed|2392930 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2396118-how-to-see-the-draconid-meteor-shower-peak-tonight/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 09 Oct 2023 11:00:26 +0100 The Draconid meteor shower is happening between 6 and 10 October, peaking on 9 October, and you should be able to see it if you are in the northern hemisphere 2396118-how-to-see-the-draconid-meteor-shower-peak-tonight|2396118 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2396204-slicing-the-moon-in-half-would-be-disastrous-for-earth-but-beautiful/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 10 Oct 2023 19:00:24 +0100 The moon can be a scourge for astronomers, so the Dead Planets Society has figured out how to destroy it, with consequences both disastrous and visually stunning 2396204-slicing-the-moon-in-half-would-be-disastrous-for-earth-but-beautiful|2396204 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2396580-iss-livestream-watch-a-live-link-up-with-astronaut-andreas-mogensen/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 09 Oct 2023 13:04:03 +0100 ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, commander on the International Space Station, answers questions from students at New Scientist Live ahead of him doing his first spacewalk on Thursday 2396580-iss-livestream-watch-a-live-link-up-with-astronaut-andreas-mogensen|2396580 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2395992-how-asteroids-can-help-us-understand-our-place-in-the-cosmos/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 09 Oct 2023 11:00:09 +0100 With the recent launch of the Psyche mission and the return of samples from the asteroid Bennu, asteroids are all the rage – but if they're just big rocks floating in the void, why do scientists care so much about them? 2395992-how-asteroids-can-help-us-understand-our-place-in-the-cosmos|2395992 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2396456-largest-known-solar-storm-struck-earth-14300-years-ago/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 09 Oct 2023 09:00:02 +0100 By comparing the rings of 140 trees buried in the bank of a French river, researchers estimate that the largest solar storm that we know of occurred 14,300 years ago 2396456-largest-known-solar-storm-struck-earth-14300-years-ago|2396456 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2396025-jwst-should-soon-glimpse-the-very-first-stars-born-after-the-big-bang/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Sat, 07 Oct 2023 15:00:36 +0100 The James Webb Space Telescope is looking ever further back in the universe’s history and the unexpected high luminosity of the sources it sees hints that the way we think stars form from gas in the early universe may need revision, astrophysicist Richard Ellis has revealed at New Scientist Live 2396025-jwst-should-soon-glimpse-the-very-first-stars-born-after-the-big-bang|2396025 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2395744-why-trying-to-photograph-a-black-hole-was-a-massive-gamble/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Sat, 07 Oct 2023 17:35:27 +0100 Astronomers working on the Event Horizon Telescope project didn't know if their attempt to photograph a black hole would pay off, Luciano Rezzolla tells New Scientist Live 2395744-why-trying-to-photograph-a-black-hole-was-a-massive-gamble|2395744 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25934590-700-a-glimpse-inside-how-the-james-webb-space-telescope-was-put-together/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 04 Oct 2023 19:00:00 +0100 Three decades in the making, JWST is one of the most ambitious space projects ever embarked on. These photographs, from a new book, Inside the Star Factory, show how it was developed mg25934590-700-a-glimpse-inside-how-the-james-webb-space-telescope-was-put-together|2395265 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2395033-how-the-end-of-the-universe-was-completely-rewritten/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Sat, 07 Oct 2023 08:00:25 +0100 Cosmologists in the 1960s thought they had the end of the universe worked out – then an unknown PhD student called Beatrice Hill Tinsley upended it all 2395033-how-the-end-of-the-universe-was-completely-rewritten|2395033 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2395991-amazon-is-launching-its-first-internet-satellites-to-rival-starlink/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 05 Oct 2023 09:00:23 +0100 Project Kuiper is Amazon's answer to SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service, and the first prototype spacecraft are due to launch on 6 October 2395991-amazon-is-launching-its-first-internet-satellites-to-rival-starlink|2395991 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2396104-astronomers-spotted-the-highest-energy-light-ever-seen-from-a-pulsar/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 05 Oct 2023 17:00:18 +0100 Gamma rays with energies upwards of 20 teraelectronvolts have been recorded from the Vela pulsar – 20 times higher than any other light ever seen from one of these odd stars 2396104-astronomers-spotted-the-highest-energy-light-ever-seen-from-a-pulsar|2396104 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2395070-water-may-be-forming-on-the-moon-thanks-to-earths-magnetic-field/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 03 Oct 2023 09:00:03 +0100 For a few days each month, as the full moon sweeps through the stretched-out tail of Earth’s magnetic field, high-energy electrons seem to be helping form water molecules on the lunar surface 2395070-water-may-be-forming-on-the-moon-thanks-to-earths-magnetic-field|2395070 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2395238-astronomers-alarmed-by-satellite-that-outshines-all-but-seven-stars/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 02 Oct 2023 17:00:29 +0100 Observations collected from telescopes around the world confirm that the communications satellite BlueWalker 3 outshines all but seven stars, posing huge problems for astronomy 2395238-astronomers-alarmed-by-satellite-that-outshines-all-but-seven-stars|2395238 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2394923-these-are-the-next-comets-that-will-be-visible-in-2023/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 29 Sep 2023 16:00:01 +0100 Three comets named Hartley, Encke and Tsuchinshan will pass by the sun in the next few months and be visible from Earth. Here’s how you can spot them 2394923-these-are-the-next-comets-that-will-be-visible-in-2023|2394923 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2393462-students-search-desert-for-lost-rocket-after-attempted-launch-to-space/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 29 Sep 2023 13:21:22 +0100 KSP’s chairman Shapol M says he is nervous but confident ahead of the launch. "The rocket is going together nicely, but we need to be careful with everything. We'll hopefully put in the engines soon. The best thing about Mojave is that the weather is almost always good, but we're trying to launch early in the morning before the winds pick up." 2393462-students-search-desert-for-lost-rocket-after-attempted-launch-to-space|2393462 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2394254-distant-galaxies-are-gobbling-up-an-unexpected-amount-of-gas/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 28 Sep 2023 11:00:20 +0100 Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found that the most distant galaxies are being “watered down” with pristine gas from their surroundings far more than nearby ones 2394254-distant-galaxies-are-gobbling-up-an-unexpected-amount-of-gas|2394254