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/2421948-europas-seafloor-may-be-impenetrable-and-inhospitable-to-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:00:31 +0000 The seafloor of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa was thought to provide energy and nutrients to its ocean, but it turns out that may not be possible 2421948-europas-seafloor-may-be-impenetrable-and-inhospitable-to-life|2421948 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2421987-starship-launch-3-what-time-is-the-spacex-flight-and-what-to-expect/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 13 Mar 2024 12:44:27 +0000 Elon Musk’s SpaceX is gearing up for the third launch of its massive Starship rocket on 14 March, following two failed missions. What will the company be hoping for and what can we expect? 2421987-starship-launch-3-what-time-is-the-spacex-flight-and-what-to-expect|2421987 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2421742-sleeping-black-hole-is-way-more-massive-than-it-should-be/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 13 Mar 2024 08:00:34 +0000 The James Webb Space Telescope has found an unusual galaxy in the early universe with a black hole almost half the mass of the galaxy itself, raising questions about how it formed 2421742-sleeping-black-hole-is-way-more-massive-than-it-should-be|2421742 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2421849-how-to-see-the-incredible-comet-12p-pons-brooks-tonight/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 12 Mar 2024 13:51:08 +0000 Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks orbits the sun every 71 years and is currently making its closest approach. Here's when and how you can see it - perhaps even during a solar eclipse 2421849-how-to-see-the-incredible-comet-12p-pons-brooks-tonight|2421849 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2421730-marss-gravitational-pull-may-be-strong-enough-to-stir-earths-oceans/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 12 Mar 2024 10:06:30 +0000 An analysis of deep-sea drill cores suggests that Mars may have enough gravitational influence to shift sediment within Earth's oceans on a 2.4-million-year cycle 2421730-marss-gravitational-pull-may-be-strong-enough-to-stir-earths-oceans|2421730 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2421706-the-moons-of-mars-may-have-been-formed-in-an-icy-planetary-collision/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 11 Mar 2024 20:15:30 +0000 The origins of Mars’s moons Phobos and Deimos have long been an enigma, but they may have been formed when a icy, comet-like object slammed into the Red Planet 2421706-the-moons-of-mars-may-have-been-formed-in-an-icy-planetary-collision|2421706 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2418925-eclipse-2024-when-is-it-and-where-can-i-see-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 27 Feb 2024 21:27:09 +0000 North America will have a total solar eclipse on 8 April – here is where, when and how to view it safely 2418925-eclipse-2024-when-is-it-and-where-can-i-see-it|2418925 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26134811-000-how-our-golden-age-of-asteroid-exploration-could-reveal-lifes-origins/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 04 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000 What did NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to sample Bennu discover? Mission leader Dante Lauretta says the asteroid could hold clues about how life began mg26134811-000-how-our-golden-age-of-asteroid-exploration-could-reveal-lifes-origins|2420286 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2421194-6-things-to-look-out-for-during-the-total-solar-eclipse/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 07 Mar 2024 20:00:42 +0000 A total solar eclipse is a unique experience. From shadow bands to the sun’s majestic corona and pinkish prominences, here’s what you can expect to see 2421194-6-things-to-look-out-for-during-the-total-solar-eclipse|2421194 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2420654-weird-floating-crystals-can-stop-stars-ageing-for-billions-of-years/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 06 Mar 2024 16:00:55 +0000 Some white dwarfs seem to stop ageing for billions of years, and this may be due to the behaviour of unusual ice crystals that heat up the stars 2420654-weird-floating-crystals-can-stop-stars-ageing-for-billions-of-years|2420654 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2420725-bizarre-galaxy-in-the-early-universe-died-extremely-young/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 06 Mar 2024 16:00:23 +0000 The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed that a distant galaxy stopped forming stars extraordinarily fast, making it the furthest dead galaxy ever spotted 2420725-bizarre-galaxy-in-the-early-universe-died-extremely-young|2420725 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2420760-australia-could-launch-its-first-private-orbital-rocket-within-weeks/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 06 Mar 2024 10:27:54 +0000 Gilmour Space is awaiting approval from the Australian Space Agency for the first launch of its Eris Block 1 orbital rocket, with plans to deploy a satellite as soon as April 2420760-australia-could-launch-its-first-private-orbital-rocket-within-weeks|2420760 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2420632-jwst-will-officially-begin-searching-for-exomoons-around-other-planets/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 05 Mar 2024 15:55:00 +0000 Five exomoon programmes have been picked for the James Webb Space Telescope, raising the hopes of finding moons around exoplanets for the first time 2420632-jwst-will-officially-begin-searching-for-exomoons-around-other-planets|2420632 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2420542-how-to-view-an-eclipse-safely-and-what-to-look-for-in-eclipse-glasses/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 05 Mar 2024 17:00:57 +0000 Follow these tips to have a safe viewing experience during the upcoming North American total solar eclipse 2420542-how-to-view-an-eclipse-safely-and-what-to-look-for-in-eclipse-glasses|2420542 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2419981-europa-may-have-less-oxygen-to-fuel-life-in-its-seas-than-we-thought/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 04 Mar 2024 16:00:26 +0000 The ocean on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa is one of the best places we have found to search for alien life, but it might have less oxygen than researchers had thought 2419981-europa-may-have-less-oxygen-to-fuel-life-in-its-seas-than-we-thought|2419981 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26134800-800-why-were-finally-on-the-cusp-of-finding-exomoons-around-other-planets/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:00:00 +0000 Moons circling exoplanets would be some of the most promising places to look for life outside our solar system. Now, we might finally be about to find these elusive objects mg26134800-800-why-were-finally-on-the-cusp-of-finding-exomoons-around-other-planets|2418971 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2419786-why-space-dust-is-key-to-everything-from-star-birth-to-life-on-earth/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 01 Mar 2024 15:00:36 +0000 Cosmic dust grains may be small, but they are mighty – it turns out dust is crucial to just about every process that occurs in space 2419786-why-space-dust-is-key-to-everything-from-star-birth-to-life-on-earth|2419786 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26134800-200-nasa-workers-paint-iconic-logo-onto-artemis-ii-rocket-boosters/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 28 Feb 2024 18:00:00 +0000 These photographs show the scale of the work that goes into painting the NASA logo on spacecraft as they are readied for an epic new moon mission mg26134800-200-nasa-workers-paint-iconic-logo-onto-artemis-ii-rocket-boosters|2418955 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2419825-miso-paste-made-in-space-opens-a-new-frontier-for-fermented-foods/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 29 Feb 2024 13:00:00 +0000 A fermentation experiment on the International Space Station produced miso paste with a flavour distinct from two samples that were fermented on Earth 2419825-miso-paste-made-in-space-opens-a-new-frontier-for-fermented-foods|2419825 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2419474-habitable-ocean-world-k2-18b-may-actually-be-inhospitable-gas-planet/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 29 Feb 2024 06:00:42 +0000 An exoplanet called K2-18b has been suggested as a good place to look for alien life, but a new analysis shows it is probably made from gas 2419474-habitable-ocean-world-k2-18b-may-actually-be-inhospitable-gas-planet|2419474 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2419407-what-causes-a-total-solar-eclipse-and-how-often-do-they-occur/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 28 Feb 2024 18:43:05 +0000 Ahead of the total solar eclipse in North America, here is everything you need to know about solar and lunar eclipses 2419407-what-causes-a-total-solar-eclipse-and-how-often-do-they-occur|2419407 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2419139-two-lunar-landers-have-fallen-over-but-theyre-still-doing-okay/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 26 Feb 2024 20:49:04 +0000 The SLIM lander and the Odysseus lander both set down on the lunar surface on their sides, but they have each been able to send data back to Earth 2419139-two-lunar-landers-have-fallen-over-but-theyre-still-doing-okay|2419139 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2418708-weird-white-dwarf-star-has-a-metal-scar-after-eating-a-planet/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:00:55 +0000 Astronomers have spotted a white dwarf star with a patch of metal near one of its magnetic poles, which probably formed when the star devoured a small planet 2418708-weird-white-dwarf-star-has-a-metal-scar-after-eating-a-planet|2418708 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2418413-huge-set-of-galaxies-is-set-to-form-largest-cluster-in-known-universe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 26 Feb 2024 06:00:38 +0000 Astronomers have spotted a gargantuan protocluster – the primordial beginnings of a galaxy cluster – by searching near a quasar in the early universe 2418413-huge-set-of-galaxies-is-set-to-form-largest-cluster-in-known-universe|2418413 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2418874-tiny-new-moons-have-been-spotted-orbiting-neptune-and-uranus/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 23 Feb 2024 18:30:30 +0000 Astronomers have found a new moon around Uranus and two orbiting Neptune – the first moons discovered orbiting these planets in a decade and the faintest ever spotted 2418874-tiny-new-moons-have-been-spotted-orbiting-neptune-and-uranus|2418874 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2418559-martian-soil-could-be-turned-into-fibres-as-strong-as-steel/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 23 Feb 2024 14:00:18 +0000 A mimic of Martian soil can be turned into strong fibres. Such a material could be used to help build a base or grow plants on the Red Planet 2418559-martian-soil-could-be-turned-into-fibres-as-strong-as-steel|2418559 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2418720-odysseus-spacecraft-is-the-first-private-mission-to-land-on-the-moon/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 22 Feb 2024 23:52:09 +0000 Intuitive Machines has landed its Odysseus spacecraft on the moon, making it the first private company to achieve a feat previously only accomplished by national space agencies 2418720-odysseus-spacecraft-is-the-first-private-mission-to-land-on-the-moon|2418720 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2418180-famous-supernova-left-a-blazing-hot-neutron-star-at-its-centre/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 22 Feb 2024 19:00:44 +0000 Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed that a nearby supernova researchers have been watching since it exploded in 1987 left behind a hot neutron star 2418180-famous-supernova-left-a-blazing-hot-neutron-star-at-its-centre|2418180 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2417791-monster-black-hole-powers-the-brightest-known-object-in-the-universe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 19 Feb 2024 16:00:25 +0000 Astronomers have found a quasar 12 billion light years away hosting a supermassive black hole that gobbles up a sun-sized amount of mass every day 2417791-monster-black-hole-powers-the-brightest-known-object-in-the-universe|2417791 https://www.newscientist.com/video/2417622-esa-prepares-hera-mission-to-investigate-aftermath-of-nasa-dart-impact/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 19 Feb 2024 11:48:51 +0000 The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft must be thoroughly tested before being sent to investigate the aftermath of the collision of NASA's DART probe with Dimorphos 2417622-esa-prepares-hera-mission-to-investigate-aftermath-of-nasa-dart-impact|2417622 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2417650-cosmic-dust-may-have-been-crucial-to-the-beginnings-of-life-on-earth/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 19 Feb 2024 10:00:32 +0000 Earth lacks some of the ingredients that would have been key to the origins of life – they may have been delivered to glacial ponds by tiny specks of cosmic dust 2417650-cosmic-dust-may-have-been-crucial-to-the-beginnings-of-life-on-earth|2417650 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2417418-carbon-dioxide-gas-spotted-in-atmosphere-of-jupiters-moon-callisto/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 16 Feb 2024 16:00:06 +0000 Carbon dioxide gas found throughout the atmosphere of Callisto hints it has a complex carbon cycle – akin to the one which on Earth helps to sustain life 2417418-carbon-dioxide-gas-spotted-in-atmosphere-of-jupiters-moon-callisto|2417418 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2417494-russias-space-weapon-is-it-nuclear-and-does-it-pose-a-threat/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 15 Feb 2024 19:30:21 +0000 US officials have warned of a new international security threat – a mysterious Russian space weapon that may possess nuclear capabilities. Here’s what you need to know 2417494-russias-space-weapon-is-it-nuclear-and-does-it-pose-a-threat|2417494 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2416982-satellite-beamed-power-from-space-to-earth-for-the-first-time-ever/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 13 Feb 2024 14:47:07 +0000 If we are ever going to have a solar power station in space, we will need to be able to transmit power from orbit - a feat that has now been achieved 2416982-satellite-beamed-power-from-space-to-earth-for-the-first-time-ever|2416982 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2416837-intuitive-machines-is-about-to-launch-its-odysseus-moon-lander/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 12 Feb 2024 21:00:40 +0000 US company Intuitive Machines is launching its Odysseus lander towards the moon's south pole. If all goes well, it will be the first private firm to put a spacecraft on the moon 2416837-intuitive-machines-is-about-to-launch-its-odysseus-moon-lander|2416837 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2416717-most-newborn-black-holes-spew-gas-so-hard-they-almost-stop-spinning/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 12 Feb 2024 16:00:54 +0000 When black holes are born from collapsing stars, they emit a short-lived jet that may slow down the black hole’s rotation to nearly a standstill 2416717-most-newborn-black-holes-spew-gas-so-hard-they-almost-stop-spinning|2416717 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26134771-000-how-to-spot-the-constellations-perseus-and-auriga/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 07 Feb 2024 18:00:00 +0000 February is a good time to spot two stunning constellations, both of which are named after figures from Greek mythology, says Abigail Beall mg26134771-000-how-to-spot-the-constellations-perseus-and-auriga|2415658 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2416363-spacex-aims-to-let-astronauts-avoid-a-radio-blackout-during-re-entry/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 09 Feb 2024 15:00:10 +0000 When spacecraft re-enter Earth’s atmosphere, friction heats them up and creates a plasma sheath that stops communications – but SpaceX thinks its Starlink satellites could solve the problem 2416363-spacex-aims-to-let-astronauts-avoid-a-radio-blackout-during-re-entry|2416363 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2416383-5-amazing-things-discovered-by-the-erosita-x-ray-telescope/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 09 Feb 2024 06:00:01 +0000 The eROSITA X-ray telescope’s survey of the night sky has revealed extreme and violent processes in the universe, including inexplicably strange stars and erupting black holes 2416383-5-amazing-things-discovered-by-the-erosita-x-ray-telescope|2416383 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/mg26134770-200-in-a-new-era-of-astronomy-were-feeling-for-vibrations-in-space-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 07 Feb 2024 18:00:00 +0000 For most of humanity’s existence, we have observed the universe using light, but these days photons aren’t the only game in town, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein mg26134770-200-in-a-new-era-of-astronomy-were-feeling-for-vibrations-in-space-time|2415640 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2416054-super-earths-that-seem-to-have-oceans-may-actually-be-covered-in-magma/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 07 Feb 2024 20:00:04 +0000 A type of distant planet long thought to have water oceans on its surface may be too hot for liquid water, and magma oceans might be more likely 2416054-super-earths-that-seem-to-have-oceans-may-actually-be-covered-in-magma|2416054 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2416084-saturns-moon-mimas-may-be-hiding-a-vast-global-ocean-under-its-ice/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 07 Feb 2024 16:00:12 +0000 Close measurements of Mimas’s orbit suggest there could be an ocean 30 kilometres deep beneath the small moon’s icy exterior 2416084-saturns-moon-mimas-may-be-hiding-a-vast-global-ocean-under-its-ice|2416084 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2415499-why-it-takes-so-much-work-to-grow-plants-in-space/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 07 Feb 2024 11:00:08 +0000 In space, growing plants could be important for food, oxygen and even astronauts' psychological well-being – but growing anything beyond Earth is more difficult than it might seem 2415499-why-it-takes-so-much-work-to-grow-plants-in-space|2415499 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2415791-asteroid-sampled-by-nasa-may-once-have-been-part-of-an-ocean-world/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 06 Feb 2024 12:00:35 +0000 A sample from the asteroid Bennu, brought back by the OSIRIS-REx mission, contains hints that it was once part of a planetesimal with conditions favourable for life to emerge 2415791-asteroid-sampled-by-nasa-may-once-have-been-part-of-an-ocean-world|2415791 https://www.newscientist.com/video/2415461-matthias-maurer-how-to-become-a-lunar-astronaut/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 05 Feb 2024 10:00:20 +0000 Matthias Maurer is one of six European astronauts available for selection for upcoming lunar missions. "My third big dream would be to explore the surface of the moon." 2415461-matthias-maurer-how-to-become-a-lunar-astronaut|2415461 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2415249-starship-launch-next-spacex-flight-test-is-expected-this-month/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 01 Feb 2024 20:00:26 +0000 Preparations are underway for a third attempted launch of the enormous Starship rocket after the first two test flights both ended in explosions 2415249-starship-launch-next-spacex-flight-test-is-expected-this-month|2415249 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2414737-what-we-know-about-the-stars-where-nasa-will-hunt-for-alien-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 31 Jan 2024 07:00:31 +0000 Scientists have analysed the stars that an upcoming NASA telescope will target in its search for biosignatures, narrowing down the candidates for those that could host potential extraterrestrial life 2414737-what-we-know-about-the-stars-where-nasa-will-hunt-for-alien-life|2414737 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2414456-galaxy-smash-ups-may-explain-strange-light-from-early-universe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 30 Jan 2024 09:00:53 +0000 Light from hydrogen in the early universe has baffled astronomers, but researchers have spotted interacting galaxies that could explain how it makes its way to us 2414456-galaxy-smash-ups-may-explain-strange-light-from-early-universe|2414456 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2414727-the-ingenuity-helicopters-mars-mission-is-over-but-it-left-a-legacy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 30 Jan 2024 07:00:30 +0000 After nearly three years of exploring Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has taken its final flight – but its astounding performance is a good sign for future drones on other worlds 2414727-the-ingenuity-helicopters-mars-mission-is-over-but-it-left-a-legacy|2414727 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2414668-jwst-has-taken-extraordinary-images-of-19-nearby-spiral-galaxies/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 29 Jan 2024 19:24:20 +0000 Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to take astonishingly detailed images of spiral galaxies, revealing how and where they spark star formation 2414668-jwst-has-taken-extraordinary-images-of-19-nearby-spiral-galaxies|2414668 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2414496-japans-slim-moon-lander-regains-power-nine-days-after-botched-landing/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 29 Jan 2024 11:22:05 +0000 SLIM was put into hibernation after landing on the moon upside down, but it woke up when sunlight hit its solar panels 2414496-japans-slim-moon-lander-regains-power-nine-days-after-botched-landing|2414496 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26134750-100-a-legendary-cosmologist-on-how-to-find-a-deeper-theory-of-the-universe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 22 Jan 2024 16:00:00 +0000 Nobel prizewinner Jim Peebles, who helped create our model of how the universe evolved, discusses dark matter, the value of iconoclastic ideas and the astronomical anomalies to keep your eye on mg26134750-100-a-legendary-cosmologist-on-how-to-find-a-deeper-theory-of-the-universe|2413272 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2414284-newly-discovered-smoking-stars-emit-huge-clouds-and-we-dont-know-why/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 26 Jan 2024 00:01:29 +0000 A never-before-seen type of star that puffs out enormous clouds challenges our ideas of what happens when giant stars reach the end of their lives 2414284-newly-discovered-smoking-stars-emit-huge-clouds-and-we-dont-know-why|2414284 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2414309-japans-rolling-and-hopping-lunar-rovers-send-back-images-of-the-moon/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 25 Jan 2024 20:31:34 +0000 Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) didn’t last long after it landed on the surface of the moon, but it released two rovers – one that hops and one that rolls – that took images on the lunar surface 2414309-japans-rolling-and-hopping-lunar-rovers-send-back-images-of-the-moon|2414309 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2414228-mysterious-black-hole-jets-may-be-the-source-of-powerful-cosmic-rays/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 25 Jan 2024 19:00:45 +0000 Observations of the microquasar SS 433 provide clues to how these small black holes accelerate electrons to produce high-energy jets 2414228-mysterious-black-hole-jets-may-be-the-source-of-powerful-cosmic-rays|2414228 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2413885-pancake-like-comets-may-be-made-by-whirling-clouds-of-pebbles/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 25 Jan 2024 12:00:04 +0000 We keep finding pancake-like objects in the solar system and it could be because they form in a certain way – from spinning clouds of pebbles 2413885-pancake-like-comets-may-be-made-by-whirling-clouds-of-pebbles|2413885 https://www.newscientist.com/video/2414005-hassell-and-esa-unveil-their-concept-for-a-permanent-base-on-the-moon/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 24 Jan 2024 18:00:59 +0000 Hassell and the European Space Agency have unveiled their Lunar Habitat Master Plan, a concept for a scalable moon base to be located at the edge of Shackleton crater 2414005-hassell-and-esa-unveil-their-concept-for-a-permanent-base-on-the-moon|2414005 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2413611-chickpeas-grown-in-moon-dust-for-the-first-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 22 Jan 2024 20:38:04 +0000 With a little help from a fungus and earthworms, chickpeas have been grown in lunar soil. It is a step forward in figuring out how to make long-term stays on the moon sustainable 2413611-chickpeas-grown-in-moon-dust-for-the-first-time|2413611 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2413336-japans-slim-spacecraft-landed-on-the-moon-but-its-having-problems/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 19 Jan 2024 17:41:00 +0000 The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) spacecraft touched down on the lunar surface intact, but its solar panels aren't working so it is running on batteries 2413336-japans-slim-spacecraft-landed-on-the-moon-but-its-having-problems|2413336 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2413225-why-the-peregrine-moon-lander-was-burned-up-in-earths-atmosphere/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 18 Jan 2024 23:11:54 +0000 An attempt to land on the moon has ended in failure – Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander was brought back to Earth to burn up as it plummeted through the atmosphere 2413225-why-the-peregrine-moon-lander-was-burned-up-in-earths-atmosphere|2413225 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2413193-japans-slim-lander-is-about-to-touch-down-on-the-surface-of-the-moon/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 18 Jan 2024 20:00:32 +0000 The Japanese Smart Lander for Investigating Moon is scheduled to land on the lunar surface on 19 January, where it will drop off two innovative rovers to hop and roll around 2413193-japans-slim-lander-is-about-to-touch-down-on-the-surface-of-the-moon|2413193 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2413082-mysterious-object-may-be-the-lightest-black-hole-weve-ever-seen/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 18 Jan 2024 19:00:30 +0000 A dense object about 40,000 light years away is lighter than any black hole seen before, but heavier than any neutron star, leaving astronomers unsure what they are looking at 2413082-mysterious-object-may-be-the-lightest-black-hole-weve-ever-seen|2413082 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2413027-mysterious-patch-on-mars-appears-to-be-enormous-lump-of-ice/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 18 Jan 2024 14:00:00 +0000 A large formation near the equator of Mars is now thought to be made of water ice, which could indicate that the Martian climate went through huge temperature swings in the past 2413027-mysterious-patch-on-mars-appears-to-be-enormous-lump-of-ice|2413027 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2412935-new-fiery-doughnut-image-is-our-most-detailed-glimpse-of-a-black-hole/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 18 Jan 2024 08:13:38 +0000 The black hole at the centre of galaxy M87 has been imaged at higher resolution and is now revealed in even clearer detail 2412935-new-fiery-doughnut-image-is-our-most-detailed-glimpse-of-a-black-hole|2412935 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2412234-strange-magic-islands-on-saturns-moon-titan-may-be-porous-icebergs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Sun, 14 Jan 2024 08:00:35 +0000 Titan’s methane seas have ephemeral “magic islands” that have baffled scientists for years. They may be made of odd, porous clumps of snow 2412234-strange-magic-islands-on-saturns-moon-titan-may-be-porous-icebergs|2412234 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26134732-700-2024-is-set-to-be-the-year-of-the-moon-but-lets-proceed-with-care/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 10 Jan 2024 18:00:00 +0000 With a spate of missions to the lunar surface scheduled for this year, we must ensure lessons from the way humanity has impacted Earth aren’t forgotten mg26134732-700-2024-is-set-to-be-the-year-of-the-moon-but-lets-proceed-with-care|2411703 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26134730-100-meet-christina-koch-who-will-be-the-first-woman-to-go-to-the-moon/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 08 Jan 2024 16:00:00 +0000 Christina Koch, who will become the first woman to go to the moon with the Artemis II mission, on what space smells like, why it is difficult to return to Earth and how astronauts play human bowling mg26134730-100-meet-christina-koch-who-will-be-the-first-woman-to-go-to-the-moon|2411064 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2412032-caves-seen-on-the-surface-of-a-comet-for-the-first-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 12 Jan 2024 18:00:04 +0000 By building a 3D image of part of the surface of a comet called 67P, astronomers have discovered caves up to 47 metres deep 2412032-caves-seen-on-the-surface-of-a-comet-for-the-first-time|2412032 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411954-the-sun-could-contain-a-tiny-black-hole-that-formed-in-the-big-bang/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 12 Jan 2024 13:00:00 +0000 Black holes may be hiding within stars and their extra mass could help explain odd gravitational effects in the universe ascribed to dark matter 2411954-the-sun-could-contain-a-tiny-black-hole-that-formed-in-the-big-bang|2411954 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2412021-molecules-vital-for-life-could-survive-in-venuss-acid-clouds/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 11 Jan 2024 20:00:14 +0000 Venus is wrapped in clouds that are rich in concentrated sulphuric acid, and we now know that several of the amino acids and nucleic acids used by life could survive in them 2412021-molecules-vital-for-life-could-survive-in-venuss-acid-clouds|2412021 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26134730-200-how-galactic-mysteries-near-and-far-are-poised-to-shake-up-cosmology/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 10 Jan 2024 18:00:00 +0000 Last year saw a host of exciting galaxy-related discoveries, led by a study about a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, the Small Magellanic Cloud. What a time to be an astrophysicist, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein mg26134730-200-how-galactic-mysteries-near-and-far-are-poised-to-shake-up-cosmology|2411204 https://www.newscientist.com/video/2411290-christina-koch-iss-artemis-ii-and-human-bowling-in-zero-gravity/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 11 Jan 2024 08:00:02 +0000 Christina Koch is getting ready for her next adventure aboard the Artemis II mission, a 10 day trip to circle the moon and become the first woman to orbit Earth's satellite and set eyes on its mysterious far side 2411290-christina-koch-iss-artemis-ii-and-human-bowling-in-zero-gravity|2411290 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411246-islands-poking-out-of-black-holes-may-solve-the-information-paradox/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 09 Jan 2024 14:00:34 +0000 Measuring “entanglement islands” that contain copies of information that black holes have lost could help us find an answer to Stephen Hawking’s black hole paradox 2411246-islands-poking-out-of-black-holes-may-solve-the-information-paradox|2411246 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411631-prototype-rocket-engine-burns-itself-up-for-fuel-as-it-flies/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 10 Jan 2024 00:01:53 +0000 After a rocket uses up its fuel, the tank generally just becomes dead weight, but a prototype rocket that burns its own fuselage as propellant could solve that problem 2411631-prototype-rocket-engine-burns-itself-up-for-fuel-as-it-flies|2411631 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411638-nasa-is-delaying-its-artemis-missions-to-the-moon/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 09 Jan 2024 21:19:47 +0000 NASA’s Artemis II and Artemis III missions to the moon have been delayed by a year after a series of problems with the spacecraft were revealed during testing 2411638-nasa-is-delaying-its-artemis-missions-to-the-moon|2411638 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411620-mysterious-radio-burst-came-from-group-of-galaxies-in-distant-universe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:15:48 +0000 The Hubble Space Telescope has pinpointed the origin of the most distant known fast radio burst, which hit our planet in 2022 2411620-mysterious-radio-burst-came-from-group-of-galaxies-in-distant-universe|2411620 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411411-why-moon-missions-in-2024-could-reveal-both-our-history-and-our-future/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 09 Jan 2024 13:00:03 +0000 Several moon missions are planned for 2024, including some that will attempt to mine for ice on the moon and test out new lunar rovers – and they can teach us about Earth’s history 2411411-why-moon-missions-in-2024-could-reveal-both-our-history-and-our-future|2411411 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411142-star-cluster-is-heading-for-destruction-at-the-heart-of-the-milky-way/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 09 Jan 2024 11:00:48 +0000 The closest star cluster to the centre of the Milky Way we have seen seems to be falling in, which could teach us about how shredded clusters have helped make the galactic centre so dense 2411142-star-cluster-is-heading-for-destruction-at-the-heart-of-the-milky-way|2411142 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411384-it-might-rain-diamonds-on-more-than-1900-exoplanets-across-the-galaxy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 09 Jan 2024 10:02:22 +0000 It may be easier than researchers thought to form diamonds inside giant planets, which means that it might rain diamonds on up to a third of the planets we have discovered so far 2411384-it-might-rain-diamonds-on-more-than-1900-exoplanets-across-the-galaxy|2411384 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411426-the-peregrine-lunar-lander-may-not-make-it-to-the-moon/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 08 Jan 2024 22:40:23 +0000 After its 8 January launch aboard a Vulcan rocket, Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander has experienced a fuel leak that may leave it without enough propellant to land on the moon 2411426-the-peregrine-lunar-lander-may-not-make-it-to-the-moon|2411426 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26134722-400-the-stargazing-events-to-watch-out-for-in-2024/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 03 Jan 2024 18:00:00 +0000 From a solar eclipse in April to a meteor shower in May, it’s time to plan your cosmic calendar for the year, says Abigail Beall mg26134722-400-the-stargazing-events-to-watch-out-for-in-2024|2410319 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26134724-900-this-century-is-special-martin-rees-on-the-vast-span-of-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 05 Jan 2024 11:38:00 +0000 Cosmology has transformed our understanding of time past and the aeons to come, pointing to a deep future in which life may morph into incredible forms, says Astronomer Royal Martin Rees mg26134724-900-this-century-is-special-martin-rees-on-the-vast-span-of-time|2410601 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411127-the-first-vulcan-rocket-launch-will-carry-a-private-lander-to-the-moon/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 05 Jan 2024 21:37:33 +0000 The United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket is scheduled to launch for the first time on 8 January, carrying the Peregrine lander to the lunar surface 2411127-the-first-vulcan-rocket-launch-will-carry-a-private-lander-to-the-moon|2411127 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2411169-vulcan-launch-why-is-nasa-going-back-to-the-moon/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Mon, 08 Jan 2024 12:02:13 +0000 NASA has launched a robotic lander towards the moon in its first mission to the lunar surface since the Apollo programme 2411169-vulcan-launch-why-is-nasa-going-back-to-the-moon|2411169 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2410954-neptune-isnt-as-blue-as-we-thought-it-was/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Fri, 05 Jan 2024 00:01:00 +0000 An analysis of photos taken by Voyager 2 in the 1980s shows that Neptune and Uranus have a similar pale blue hue as perceived by the human eye 2410954-neptune-isnt-as-blue-as-we-thought-it-was|2410954 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2410840-a-renegade-moon-may-have-flipped-venuss-spin/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Thu, 04 Jan 2024 20:00:38 +0000 Venus spins in the opposite direction to the other planets, which may have been caused by an ancient moon that orbited the planet backwards and then fell to the surface 2410840-a-renegade-moon-may-have-flipped-venuss-spin|2410840 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2410616-how-to-spot-the-quadrantids-meteor-shower-on-3-and-4-january/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 03 Jan 2024 14:00:04 +0000 The 2024 Quadrantids meteor shower will peak on 3 and 4 January. While moonlight may get in the way, here’s what to do for your best chance of spotting it 2410616-how-to-spot-the-quadrantids-meteor-shower-on-3-and-4-january|2410616 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2410511-extreme-close-up-of-jupiters-moon-io-captured-by-juno-spacecraft/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 02 Jan 2024 16:09:26 +0000 NASA’s Juno spacecraft flew past Io on 30 December and took one of our best pictures yet of this moon of Jupiter 2410511-extreme-close-up-of-jupiters-moon-io-captured-by-juno-spacecraft|2410511 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26034712-100-vera-c-rubin-observatory-will-start-scanning-the-night-sky-in-2024/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 27 Dec 2023 18:00:00 +0000 A massive telescope in Chile is set to begin operations in 2024, and once it is up and running the pictures will be extraordinary mg26034712-100-vera-c-rubin-observatory-will-start-scanning-the-night-sky-in-2024|2409528 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2406405-in-2024-the-hera-mission-will-revisit-the-asteroid-punched-by-nasa/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Tue, 02 Jan 2024 10:00:19 +0000 NASA’s DART mission slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos in 2022, and the European Space Agency is sending the Hera mission to investigate the collision’s aftermath 2406405-in-2024-the-hera-mission-will-revisit-the-asteroid-punched-by-nasa|2406405 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26034712-700-international-fleet-of-spacecraft-is-heading-to-the-moon-in-2024/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space Wed, 27 Dec 2023 18:00:00 +0000 More than 10 missions are heading to the moon in 2024, with orbiters, landers, rovers and even crewed spacecraft making the trip and paving the way for future exploration mg26034712-700-international-fleet-of-spacecraft-is-heading-to-the-moon-in-2024|2409534 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