Space Week: A seven-day tour of the cosmos
18 July 2023
To celebrate the launch of our new podcast, Dead Planets Society, New Scientist editors have selected some of our most delightful premium articles about the solar system and beyond
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What the huge young galaxies seen by JWST tell us about the universe
13 June 2023
A few months ago, the James Webb Space Telescope spotted six early galaxies that were so large they threatened to break our best theory of how the cosmos evolved. Did they?
We are finally closing in on the cosmic origins of the “OMG particle”
30 May 2023
Three decades ago, we spotted the single most energetic particle ever seen, nicknamed the 'Oh-My-God particle'. Since then, we have seen many more ultra-high-energy cosmic rays – and now we are unravelling the mystery of what produces them
What was the universe's first second like? These particles can tell us
24 April 2023
If we could detect them, cosmic neutrinos would paint a picture of the universe in the instant after it began. Physicist Martin Bauer has come up with a plan to do just that
Your essential guide to the many breathtaking wonders of the universe
22 April 2023
An abridged inventory of everything there is in the universe – from rogue planets and exomoons to supernovae, supermassive black holes and the cosmic web.
The hunt for black holes older than the universe itself
27 March 2023
Primordial black holes older than the big bang could rewrite cosmology by providing evidence for a previous universe. It's a wild idea, but some physicists think we've got a chance of finding them
We're hurtling into a new region of interstellar space. What now?
15 February 2023
As we speed towards a mysterious new bubble of interstellar space, new insights are revealing its exotic chemistry, strange waves and vast bubbles, and their ramifications for life on Earth
What our attempts to communicate with alien civilisations say about us
14 December 2022
From serious efforts to declare our presence to extraterrestrial civilisations to daft publicity stunts, we have been sending messages to space for decades. What should a new postcard to the stars say?
What the world’s largest liquid mirror telescope means for astronomy
6 December 2022
The International Liquid Mirror Telescope, perched high in the Himalayas, has finally started making observations. If it succeeds, we could one day put a much larger liquid telescope on the moon
How JWST could find signs of alien life in exoplanet atmospheres
9 November 2022
The James Webb Space Telescope can peer into alien skies like never before. With six potentially habitable planets within its sights, astronomers are entering a new era in the search for biology beyond our solar system
