"Professor Goddard does not know the relation between action and reaction and the need to have something better than a vacuum against which to react. He seems to lack the basic knowledge ladled out daily in high schools."
--1921 New York Times editorial about Robert Goddard's revolutionary rocket work.

"Correction: It is now definitely established that a rocket can function in a vacuum. The 'Times' regrets the error."
NY Times, July 1969.

— New York Times

Astronomy

2026 is set to be an even bigger year for weight-loss drugs

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
GLP-1 agonists have already had an outsized influence on society, and with pill versions and more advanced formulations on the horizon, that looks set to continue
Categories: Astronomy

See how fire has changed the world's largest wetland, the Pantanal

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
Stunning and shocking images from upcoming exhibition Water Pantanal Fire show how this tropical wetland has been hit by wildfires
Categories: Astronomy

Why stroking seedlings can help them grow big and strong

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
The science behind why stroking your seedlings actually works. If you’re worried about your seedlings getting long and leggy, try a bit of home thigmomorphogenesis, advises James Wong
Categories: Astronomy

See how fire has changed the world's largest wetland, the Pantanal

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
Stunning and shocking images from upcoming exhibition Water Pantanal Fire show how this tropical wetland has been hit by wildfires
Categories: Astronomy

Why stroking seedlings can help them grow big and strong

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
The science behind why stroking your seedlings actually works. If you’re worried about your seedlings getting long and leggy, try a bit of home thigmomorphogenesis, advises James Wong
Categories: Astronomy

Why I'm going to reap the mental health benefits of stargazing in 2026

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
Navigating the night sky can have a positive effect on our well-being. This will be the year I learn the constellations, resolves Michael Brooks
Categories: Astronomy

Why I'm going to reap the mental health benefits of stargazing in 2026

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
Navigating the night sky can have a positive effect on our well-being. This will be the year I learn the constellations, resolves Michael Brooks
Categories: Astronomy

The best new science fiction books of 2026

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
On the horizon for this year are Ann Leckie's latest, Neil Jordan's debut and more from Adrian Tchaikovsky. Exciting times, says our sci-fi columnist Emily H. Wilson
Categories: Astronomy

The best new popular science books of 2026

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
Clear out your shelves for a bumper new crop of books by authors including Naomi Klein, Rebecca Solnit and Xand Van Tulleken, says culture editor Alison Flood
Categories: Astronomy

The best new science fiction books of 2026

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
On the horizon for this year are Ann Leckie's latest, Neil Jordan's debut and more from Adrian Tchaikovsky. Exciting times, says our sci-fi columnist Emily H. Wilson
Categories: Astronomy

The best new popular science books of 2026

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
Clear out your shelves for a bumper new crop of books by authors including Naomi Klein, Rebecca Solnit and Xand Van Tulleken, says culture editor Alison Flood
Categories: Astronomy

Could James and the Giant Peach inspire the future of food?

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
In the latest in our imagined history of inventions yet to come, Future Chronicles columnist Rowan Hooper reveals how by the 2030s, botanists had worked out how to grow hybridised superplants to help feed the world
Categories: Astronomy

Could James and the Giant Peach inspire the future of food?

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
In the latest in our imagined history of inventions yet to come, Future Chronicles columnist Rowan Hooper reveals how by the 2030s, botanists had worked out how to grow hybridised superplants to help feed the world
Categories: Astronomy

NIH Agrees to Evaluate Stalled Scientific Grants

Scientific American.com - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm

Health officials have agreed to assess pending medical research grants after a Trump administration antidiversity purge put them on ice

Categories: Astronomy

Physicists stirred up controversy with scientific cooking tips in 2025

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 12:00pm
Cacio e pepe pasta and boiled eggs were the subjects of meticulous studies aiming to help cooks achieve perfection, but the reimagined recipes weren't always well-received
Categories: Astronomy

Physicists stirred up controversy with scientific cooking tips in 2025

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 12:00pm
Cacio e pepe pasta and boiled eggs were the subjects of meticulous studies aiming to help cooks achieve perfection, but the reimagined recipes weren't always well-received
Categories: Astronomy

NASA’s New Chief Hints Iconic Space Shuttle Might Not Be Moving to Texas After All

Scientific American.com - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 11:20am

NASA’s new boss Jared Isaacman hinted that he could break with Texas lawmakers’ push to move iconic space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian to Houston

Categories: Astronomy

Passing Baby Stars Lock Arms in Rare Astronomical Find

Sky & Telescope Magazine - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 11:01am

Astronomers have discovered a bridge of gas and dust between two protostars, the signature of a close encounter 15,000 years ago.

The post Passing Baby Stars Lock Arms in Rare Astronomical Find appeared first on Sky & Telescope.

Categories: Astronomy

The emotion you never knew you had, and how to feel more of it

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 11:00am
The warm and fuzzy emotion of kama muta underlies vital feel-good experiences like social connection and feeling part of something bigger. But are you getting enough of it?
Categories: Astronomy

The emotion you never knew you had, and how to feel more of it

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 11:00am
The warm and fuzzy emotion of kama muta underlies vital feel-good experiences like social connection and feeling part of something bigger. But are you getting enough of it?
Categories: Astronomy