Oh, would it not be absurd if there was no objective state?
What if the unobserved always waits, insubstantial,
till our eyes give it shape?

— Peter Hammill

Astronomy

A compelling book about the end of the Neanderthals is a rare treat

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 09/24/2025 - 2:00pm
Forget the tropes about how violence or maybe volcanic eruptions killed off our ancient cousins, The Last Neanderthal by Ludovic Slimak offers a very different take on how they died out
Categories: Astronomy

What made solar power the most desirable energy source on the planet?

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 09/24/2025 - 2:00pm
In this latest instalment of Future Chronicles, an imagined history of future inventions, Rowan Hooper explains how the creation of living solar panels transformed their impact on the world
Categories: Astronomy

What made solar power the most desirable energy source on the planet?

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 09/24/2025 - 2:00pm
In this latest instalment of Future Chronicles, an imagined history of future inventions, Rowan Hooper explains how the creation of living solar panels transformed their impact on the world
Categories: Astronomy

How Taylor Swift is helping botany gain celebrity status

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 09/24/2025 - 2:00pm
Feedback is delighted to learn that researchers have discovered what Taylor Swift is accidentally doing to rescue the science of plants from mid-ness. Just take a look at her videos – sorry, botany teaching aids
Categories: Astronomy

Are you an introvert or extrovert? Surprisingly, the answer is neither

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 09/24/2025 - 2:00pm
We are quick to place ourselves on the extremes of the social spectrum, but the truth is that personality is more malleable than you think, says Claudia Canavan
Categories: Astronomy

Two climate scientists on how to use emotion in the climate crisis

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 09/24/2025 - 2:00pm
From anger to hope, Kate Marvel and Tim Lenton explain how to tackle the tricky feelings aroused by climate change and harness them to take action
Categories: Astronomy

How Taylor Swift is helping botany gain celebrity status

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 09/24/2025 - 2:00pm
Feedback is delighted to learn that researchers have discovered what Taylor Swift is accidentally doing to rescue the science of plants from mid-ness. Just take a look at her videos – sorry, botany teaching aids
Categories: Astronomy

Are you an introvert or extrovert? Surprisingly, the answer is neither

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 09/24/2025 - 2:00pm
We are quick to place ourselves on the extremes of the social spectrum, but the truth is that personality is more malleable than you think, says Claudia Canavan
Categories: Astronomy

Two climate scientists on how to use emotion in the climate crisis

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 09/24/2025 - 2:00pm
From anger to hope, Kate Marvel and Tim Lenton explain how to tackle the tricky feelings aroused by climate change and harness them to take action
Categories: Astronomy

We can avoid the agonising wait for advances in women's healthcare

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 09/24/2025 - 2:00pm
Simply listening to the experiences of women with conditions such as endometriosis will help to end the long-standing inequalities they face when it comes to medical progress
Categories: Astronomy

We can avoid the agonising wait for advances in women's healthcare

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 09/24/2025 - 2:00pm
Simply listening to the experiences of women with conditions such as endometriosis will help to end the long-standing inequalities they face when it comes to medical progress
Categories: Astronomy

NASA Launches Three Missions to Observe the Sun

Sky & Telescope Magazine - Wed, 09/24/2025 - 1:51pm

A new heliophysics mission seeks to unlock the secrets of the region where the solar wind collides with cosmic radiation.

The post NASA Launches Three Missions to Observe the Sun appeared first on Sky & Telescope.

Categories: Astronomy

Airplane Aerobatics

NASA Image of the Day - Wed, 09/24/2025 - 12:01pm
NASA astronaut Nick Hague watches as Robert Schmidle Pitts Aerobatics perform, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days aboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72.
Categories: Astronomy, NASA

Device with 6100 qubits is a step towards largest quantum computer yet

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 09/24/2025 - 12:00pm
An array of 6100 ultracold caesium atoms controlled by lasers is the largest collection of qubits ever assembled, and researchers hope they can soon turn it into the world's most advanced quantum computer
Categories: Astronomy

Device with 6100 qubits is a step towards largest quantum computer yet

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 09/24/2025 - 12:00pm
An array of 6100 ultracold caesium atoms controlled by lasers is the largest collection of qubits ever assembled, and researchers hope they can soon turn it into the world's most advanced quantum computer
Categories: Astronomy

How faster-than-light explosions could reveal the universe’s secrets

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 09/24/2025 - 12:00pm
Some things we see in space appear to outpace light. Now we are learning to harness these bizarre optical illusions to understand the mysteries of neutron stars, gamma ray bursts and more
Categories: Astronomy

How faster-than-light explosions could reveal the universe’s secrets

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 09/24/2025 - 12:00pm
Some things we see in space appear to outpace light. Now we are learning to harness these bizarre optical illusions to understand the mysteries of neutron stars, gamma ray bursts and more
Categories: Astronomy

World’s oldest person had a young microbiome and 'exceptional genome'

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 09/24/2025 - 12:00pm
Scientists have studied the genetics and lifestyle factors that enabled María Branyas Morera, officially the oldest person in the world until she died last year, to reach 117 years old
Categories: Astronomy

World’s oldest person had a young microbiome and 'exceptional genome'

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 09/24/2025 - 12:00pm
Scientists have studied the genetics and lifestyle factors that enabled María Branyas Morera, officially the oldest person in the world until she died last year, to reach 117 years old
Categories: Astronomy

Webb explores largest star-forming cloud in our galaxy

ESO Top News - Wed, 09/24/2025 - 10:00am

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a colourful array of massive stars and glowing cosmic dust in the Sagittarius B2 (Sgr B2) molecular cloud, the most massive and active star-forming region in our Milky Way galaxy.

Categories: Astronomy