Science with Sam: What is a black hole? And could you survive one?
Welcome to the first episode of Science with Sam, hosted by New Scientist social media editor Sam Wong, who will explain some of the biggest topics in science every…
Solar system may have had a second sun that helped grab Planet Nine
By Leah Crane Did the solar system once have two suns?MARK GARLICK / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY BILLIONS of years ago, there may have been two suns in our solar system.…
Dark matter map hints at cracks in our understanding of the universe
By Jonathan O’Callaghan The Very Large Telescope in the Chilean Atacama desertESO/F. Kamphues The distribution of dark matter in the universe may be ten per cent smoother than thought, potentially…
Black holes are hiding movies of the universe in their glowing rings
A faint fuzzy glow around the first black hole image last year baffled astronomers. Now we know what it contains – and it’s more bizarre than we ever imagined Space…
Odd space circles show we are far from running out of cosmic puzzles
Swinburne Astronomy Productions/CSIRO INEXPLICABLY regular rings of radio waves have been found in space. The discovery of “Odd Radio Circles” (see “Circles in space made of radio waves are like…
What does gravity weigh? The surprise answer that reshapes reality
We long assumed particles carrying the force of gravity couldn’t have mass. That’s wrong – and it may mean gravity travels at different speeds across the cosmos. Physics 8 July…
The detector with a billion sensors that may finally snare dark matter
Dark matter must exist, but has evaded all attempts to find it. Now comes our boldest plan yet – sensing its minuscule gravitational force as it brushes past us Space…