The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earthlike planets are common—if it can get off the ground ...

The Moon has always been a plain, grayscale, landscape. Its plains and craters offer some variety, but the lunar surface blends into a uniform dullness.

Not least because we’ve just read The Dispossessed with the New Scientist Book Club: do come and join us and share your thoughts on this classic novel with fellow fans!The sci-fi out this month looks ...

Hundreds of scientists and engineers, NASA leaders, lobbyists, congressional staffers and Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona are also discussing the search for ET. Surveilling alien worlds for signs of ...