For generations, the question of whether life exists beyond Earth has captivated humanity. On Mars, faint traces in ancient ...

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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large space telescope which collects light at infrared wavelengths. It has been ...

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The Italian experimental duo creates a sprawling, overstimulating work that celebrates the kitsch lurking behind a wide array ...

New Scientist writers and contributors have chosen their top science-y books, films, TV shows, music, video games and board ...

Conspiracy theories are one of the banes of the modern world, exacerbated by the internet and social media. What was once ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

The unusual behaviour of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has reignited online debate, but astronomers say the gaps in public ...

About 470,000 “interesting” radio hits can still add up to zero. That was the practical outcome when astronomers aimed one of ...