12 November 2025
Reality TV star Kim Kardashian apparently thinks the 1969 moon landing was fake. If Feedback comes up with an equally outlandish conspiracy theory, maybe we can also get a guided tour of NASA
30 October 2019
Jupiter is big enough to be a star, so could it ever become one? The answer lies in knowing how a star forms, as readers explain
23 August 2017
My 8-year-old son is very worried about Earth being destroyed by the sun when it becomes a red giant billions of years from now. I have tried to comfort him by suggesting we could shift Earth's orbit by hurling asteroids towards the planet on trajectories...
22 March 2017
Plus: an ocean cruise that circles the globe in a day, shining a light on the blackest of blacks, a dwarf planet made of muesli, and speed-reading the lastest John Scalzi novel.
2 October 2015
NASA's New Horizons probe has sent back the most detailed images yet of Charon, Pluto's giant moon. A vast system of canyons suggests a turbulent history
1 October 2015
The surface of the dwarf planet appears in rainbow colours in new images that could give insight into its make-up
22 July 2015
For many, New Horizons was a labour of love. Photographer Michael Soluri had exclusive access to the team throughout the mission – from early designs to the historic fly-by
16 June 2015
All the latest on newscientist.com: is Pluto a dwarf or a planet? plankton with sniper eye, US emissions follow politicians, computer fashion tips and more
17 April 2015
All the latest from newscientist.com: how colour vision made us human, Ceres glows in the sunlight, dogs bonding with humans, and more
17 April 2015
The first high-resolution images of a dwarf planet have captured the sun-lit north pole of Ceres
