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eclipse activities to do with children</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2425311-5-solar-eclipse-activities-to-do-with-children/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2024 13:00:41 +0100</pubDate> <description>From building an eclipse viewer to using the sun to pop balloons, here's a child-friendly activity guide for April's eclipse</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2425311-5-solar-eclipse-activities-to-do-with-children|2425311</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/03112247/SEI_198357714.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>When is the next total solar eclipse visible from the UK?</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2425704-when-is-the-next-total-solar-eclipse-visible-from-the-uk/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2024 08:00:50 +0100</pubDate> <description>The next time a total 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<media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/07105621/146312_web.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>We finally know why Stephen Hawking's black hole equation works</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2425700-we-finally-know-why-stephen-hawkings-black-hole-equation-works/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2024 22:00:56 +0100</pubDate> <description>Stephen Hawking and Jacob Bekenstein calculated the entropy of a black hole in the 1970s, but it took physicists until now to figure out the quantum effects that make the formula work</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2425700-we-finally-know-why-stephen-hawkings-black-hole-equation-works|2425700</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/05141620/SEI_198589457.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>How a total solar eclipse in 1919 left physicists 'more or less agog'</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2424695-how-a-total-solar-eclipse-in-1919-left-physicists-more-or-less-agog/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2024 20:57:12 +0100</pubDate> <description>One total solar eclipse changed physics forever – and even to this day these celestial phenomena are astonishing viewers and teaching us crucial lessons about the universe</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2424695-how-a-total-solar-eclipse-in-1919-left-physicists-more-or-less-agog|2424695</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/05195229/SEI_198645438.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>ESA’s Proba-3 mission will create an eclipse on demand to study sun</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/video/2425781-esas-proba-3-mission-will-create-an-eclipse-on-demand-to-study-sun/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2024 19:40:53 +0100</pubDate> <description>The European Space Agency’s Proba-3 mission comprises a pair of satellites that will create mini solar eclipses, giving scientists an unprecedented view of the sun’s corona</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2425781-esas-proba-3-mission-will-create-an-eclipse-on-demand-to-study-sun|2425781</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/05184029/proba-3_satellites.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Eclipse 2024: When is it and where can I see it?</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2418925-eclipse-2024-when-is-it-and-where-can-i-see-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2024 10:00:09 +0100</pubDate> <description>North America will have a total solar eclipse on 8 April – here is where, when and how to view it safely</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2418925-eclipse-2024-when-is-it-and-where-can-i-see-it|2418925</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/27182902/SEI_193561689.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>There are hints that dark energy may be getting weaker</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2425253-there-are-hints-that-dark-energy-may-be-getting-weaker/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2024 18:00:38 +0100</pubDate> <description>The standard model of cosmology says that the strength of dark energy should be constant, but tentative hints are emerging that it may have weakened recently</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2425253-there-are-hints-that-dark-energy-may-be-getting-weaker|2425253</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/03190038/SEI_198380720.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>I might be an astrophysicist, but I'm still learning about stargazing</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234850-900-i-might-be-an-astrophysicist-but-im-still-learning-about-stargazing/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2024 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate> <description>I have two degrees in astronomy, so you'd think I would know what I'm doing when it comes to looking at the sky. 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Totality will arrive at Mexico’s west coast around 11.07am local time, moving east until it leaves Newfoundland, Canada, around 5.16pm there</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2425343-eclipse-2024-live-watch-the-full-nasa-broadcast-latest|2425343</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/08150555/sei199040618.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Planet caught in a gravitational 'tidal storm' is so hot that it glows</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2425035-planet-caught-in-a-gravitational-tidal-storm-is-so-hot-that-it-glows/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2024 19:00:57 +0100</pubDate> <description>A strange world is being stretched out of shape by its neighbouring planets, heating it up so intensely that it probably has a molten surface</description> <guid 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</item> <item> <title>How solar eclipses have been revealing cosmic secrets for centuries</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2423813-how-solar-eclipses-have-been-revealing-cosmic-secrets-for-centuries/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2024 14:00:47 +0100</pubDate> <description>Records of total solar eclipses go back thousands of years, and in all that time they have allowed scientists to uncover key information about not just the sun but the whole universe</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2423813-how-solar-eclipses-have-been-revealing-cosmic-secrets-for-centuries|2423813</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/27170609/SEI_196988221.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Early galaxy seen by JWST contains giant young stars and supernovae</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2424493-early-galaxy-seen-by-jwst-contains-giant-young-stars-and-supernovae/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2024 06:00:31 +0000</pubDate> <description>The light signature from GLASS-z12, one of the most distant galaxies we have ever seen, suggests some of its stars have already exploded as supernovae</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2424493-early-galaxy-seen-by-jwst-contains-giant-young-stars-and-supernovae|2424493</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/27115603/SEI_196849414.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>See the messages NASA is sending to Jupiter's icy moon, Europa</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26134840-200-see-the-messages-nasa-is-sending-to-jupiters-icy-moon-europa/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <description>Douglas Vakoch of METI International explains how NASA drew on the organisation's expertise at attempting to contact extraterrestrial intelligence to help craft a message to Europa</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">mg26134840-200-see-the-messages-nasa-is-sending-to-jupiters-icy-moon-europa|2423639</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/26114928/SEI_196641840.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Japan’s SLIM moon lander surprisingly survived a second lunar night</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2424925-japans-slim-moon-lander-surprisingly-survived-a-second-lunar-night/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:13:32 +0000</pubDate> <description>The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon spacecraft has sent back images after surviving its second lunar night – generally these periods are so cold they destroy spacecraft electronics</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2424925-japans-slim-moon-lander-surprisingly-survived-a-second-lunar-night|2424925</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/28160731/SEI_197743061.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Some of the greatest cosmic discoveries have come about by accident</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26134844-600-some-of-the-greatest-cosmic-discoveries-have-come-about-by-accident/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <description>The universe has been surprising us ever since we first looked into the cosmic darkness. We should embrace serendipity in science, says Chris Lintott</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">mg26134844-600-some-of-the-greatest-cosmic-discoveries-have-come-about-by-accident|2424163</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/26101809/SEI_197361550.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Mars may have captured and split a comet to create its two moons</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2424218-mars-may-have-captured-and-split-a-comet-to-create-its-two-moons/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2024 08:00:28 +0000</pubDate> <description>How the Red Planet acquired its two moons, Phobos and Deimos, is unknown – they could have formed after something collided with the planet, or started out as asteroids – but now there is a hint of a cometary origin</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2424218-mars-may-have-captured-and-split-a-comet-to-create-its-two-moons|2424218</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/26121127/SEI_196881993.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>NASA’s Artemis astronauts will try to grow plants on the moon</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2424697-nasas-artemis-astronauts-will-try-to-grow-plants-on-the-moon/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 20:18:57 +0000</pubDate> <description>Three experiments have been selected to fly to the moon alongside NASA’s Artemis III astronauts, all designed to help with future long-term stays on the moon and eventually Mars</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2424697-nasas-artemis-astronauts-will-try-to-grow-plants-on-the-moon|2424697</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/27201708/SEI_197658453.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>New view of our galaxy's black hole reveals a swirling magnetic field</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2424508-new-view-of-our-galaxys-black-hole-reveals-a-swirling-magnetic-field/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 13:00:54 +0000</pubDate> <description>The black hole at the centre of our galaxy, known as Sagittarius A*, has been captured in polarised light to reveal its magnetic field</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2424508-new-view-of-our-galaxys-black-hole-reveals-a-swirling-magnetic-field|2424508</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/27111346/SEI_197604738.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>How to make an eclipse viewer</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2423973-how-to-make-an-eclipse-viewer/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2024 18:00:08 +0000</pubDate> <description>Some basic equipment can help you safely enjoy the eclipse on 8 April – here's how to easily make what you need</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2423973-how-to-make-an-eclipse-viewer|2423973</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/25165837/SEI_197357157.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>NASA's mission to Europa isn't meant to find alien life - but it could</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2423864-nasas-mission-to-europa-isnt-meant-to-find-alien-life-but-it-could/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2024 18:00:58 +0000</pubDate> <description>Later this year, NASA is launching its Europa Clipper spacecraft to the icy moon of Jupiter. Its mission is only to investigate whether the moon is habitable, but now researchers have found that one of its instruments could look for direct signs of life</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2423864-nasas-mission-to-europa-isnt-meant-to-find-alien-life-but-it-could|2423864</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/22161116/SEI_197020189.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Largest recorded solar storm was even bigger than we thought</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2423567-largest-recorded-solar-storm-was-even-bigger-than-we-thought/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2024 12:00:25 +0000</pubDate> <description>Rediscovered magnetic recordings reveal just how extreme the largest recorded solar storm in history, the Carrington event in 1859, really was, highlighting the danger such storms could present to us nowadays</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2423567-largest-recorded-solar-storm-was-even-bigger-than-we-thought|2423567</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/21125028/SEI_196726839.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Astonishing photograph of last year's annular solar eclipse in Utah</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26134830-300-astonishing-photograph-of-last-years-annular-solar-eclipse-in-utah/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2024 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <description>Pieced together digitally from thousands of images, this shot of last October's annular eclipse, from Andrew McCarthy and Daniel Stein, is a curtain-raiser for next month's total solar eclipse in North America</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">mg26134830-300-astonishing-photograph-of-last-years-annular-solar-eclipse-in-utah|2422716</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/18135019/SEI_195882924.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>SpaceX’s Starship created a volcano-like explosion in first launch</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2423465-spacexs-starship-created-a-volcano-like-explosion-in-first-launch/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2024 19:00:03 +0000</pubDate> <description>The Starship rocket destroyed its launch pad during its first launch attempt in 2023, and the explosion resembled a powerful volcanic eruption, spraying sand and chunks of debris over a huge area</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2423465-spacexs-starship-created-a-volcano-like-explosion-in-first-launch|2423465</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/21151648/SEI_196836107.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Is the truth out there? Yes, but it doesn't involve aliens</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26134830-200-is-the-truth-out-there-yes-but-it-doesnt-involve-aliens/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2024 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <description>A recent paper packed with delightful acronyms digs into where people report having seen UFOs, but finds no evidence of alien visitors, says Annalee Newitz</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">mg26134830-200-is-the-truth-out-there-yes-but-it-doesnt-involve-aliens|2422715</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/18124403/SEI_195861771.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>How to take a stunning photograph of April’s total eclipse</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2422957-how-to-take-a-stunning-photograph-of-aprils-total-eclipse/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2024 12:00:32 +0000</pubDate> <description>Photographing the eclipse isn't as easy as taking a selfie, but with a bit of preparation anyone can capture a memorable image</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2422957-how-to-take-a-stunning-photograph-of-aprils-total-eclipse|2422957</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/19102600/SEI_196520599.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Billions of stars have swallowed up a planet</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2422674-billions-of-stars-have-swallowed-up-a-planet/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:00:24 +0000</pubDate> <description>Twin stars that were born together should have the same composition, and the fact that many don’t suggests they have changed their chemistry by devouring planets</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2422674-billions-of-stars-have-swallowed-up-a-planet|2422674</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/18195324/SEI_196509006.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Titan’s sand dunes may be made of smashed up small moons</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2422628-titans-sand-dunes-may-be-made-of-smashed-up-small-moons/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2024 11:00:29 +0000</pubDate> <description>The sand dunes that splay across the surface of Saturn’s moon Titan may be made of the ground-up remains of ancient irregular moons, rather than atmospheric particles</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2422628-titans-sand-dunes-may-be-made-of-smashed-up-small-moons|2422628</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/15191259/SEI_196006938.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>How to spot the Spring Triangle as the equinox approaches</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26134822-000-how-to-spot-the-spring-triangle-as-the-equinox-approaches/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <description>Now is a great time to look for a pattern of stars known as the Spring Triangle, wherever you are in the world, say Abigail Beall</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">mg26134822-000-how-to-spot-the-spring-triangle-as-the-equinox-approaches|2421556</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/12152817/SEI_194763374.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Perfectly straight ridges may cover the poles of Saturn’s moon Titan</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2422535-perfectly-straight-ridges-may-cover-the-poles-of-saturns-moon-titan/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2024 15:00:34 +0000</pubDate> <description>Saturn’s moon Titan may have hundreds of strange ridges called yardangs that could teach us how the icy moon’s geology and conditions vary across its surface</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2422535-perfectly-straight-ridges-may-cover-the-poles-of-saturns-moon-titan|2422535</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/15132748/SEI_196007460.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>The strange phenomena visible during April's total solar eclipse</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/video/2422241-the-strange-phenomena-visible-during-aprils-total-solar-eclipse/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2024 15:00:37 +0000</pubDate> <description>A total solar eclipse is an incredible experience, explains Patricia Reiff at Rice University in Texas. Here are some of the strange phenomena visible during April's event</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2422241-the-strange-phenomena-visible-during-aprils-total-solar-eclipse|2422241</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/13170657/eclipse-experience.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Starship launch: Third flight reaches space but is lost on re-entry</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2422279-starship-launch-third-flight-reaches-space-but-is-lost-on-re-entry/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 14:55:25 +0000</pubDate> <description>The world’s most powerful rocket, Starship, launched from Texas and reached an altitude of more than 230 kilometres, travelling further and faster than it has done before. But it seems to have been destroyed on re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2422279-starship-launch-third-flight-reaches-space-but-is-lost-on-re-entry|2422279</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/14140219/SEI_195980605.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>We may have spotted a parallel universe going backwards in time</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532770-400-we-may-have-spotted-a-parallel-universe-going-backwards-in-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2020 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate> <description>Strange particles observed by an experiment in Antarctica could be evidence of an alternative reality where everything is upside down</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">mg24532770-400-we-may-have-spotted-a-parallel-universe-going-backwards-in-time|2239874</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/08110346/antiverse_final-4b.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>A single meteorite smashed into Mars and created 2 billion craters</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2421973-a-single-meteorite-smashed-into-mars-and-created-2-billion-craters/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:00:07 +0000</pubDate> <description>The debris from the formation of a relatively small crater on Mars created billions of additional craters, which could help us learn about Martian geology</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2421973-a-single-meteorite-smashed-into-mars-and-created-2-billion-craters|2421973</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/13141720/SEI_195858591.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Europa’s seafloor may be impenetrable and inhospitable to life</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2421948-europas-seafloor-may-be-impenetrable-and-inhospitable-to-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:00:31 +0000</pubDate> <description>The seafloor of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa was thought to provide energy and nutrients to its ocean, but it turns out that may not be possible</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2421948-europas-seafloor-may-be-impenetrable-and-inhospitable-to-life|2421948</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/12210332/SEI_195716057.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Starship launch 3: What time is the SpaceX flight today?</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2421987-starship-launch-3-what-time-is-the-spacex-flight-today/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:14:27 +0000</pubDate> <description>Elon Musk’s SpaceX is gearing up for the third launch of its massive Starship rocket, following two failed missions, with coverage beginning at about 13.25 GMT. What will the company be hoping for and what can we expect?</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2421987-starship-launch-3-what-time-is-the-spacex-flight-today|2421987</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/13122017/SEI_195833263.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Sleeping black hole is way more massive than it should be</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2421742-sleeping-black-hole-is-way-more-massive-than-it-should-be/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 08:00:34 +0000</pubDate> <description>The James Webb Space Telescope has found an unusual galaxy in the early universe with a black hole almost half the mass of the galaxy itself, raising questions about how it formed</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2421742-sleeping-black-hole-is-way-more-massive-than-it-should-be|2421742</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/12115613/SEI_195122908.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>How to see the incredible comet 12P/Pons-Brooks tonight</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2421849-how-to-see-the-incredible-comet-12p-pons-brooks-tonight/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 13:51:08 +0000</pubDate> <description>Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks orbits the sun every 71 years and is currently making its closest approach. Here's when and how you can see it - perhaps even during a solar eclipse</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2421849-how-to-see-the-incredible-comet-12p-pons-brooks-tonight|2421849</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/12134528/SEI_195712964.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Mars's gravitational pull may be strong enough to stir Earth's oceans</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2421730-marss-gravitational-pull-may-be-strong-enough-to-stir-earths-oceans/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 10:06:30 +0000</pubDate> <description>An analysis of deep-sea drill cores suggests that Mars may have enough gravitational influence to shift sediment within Earth's oceans on a 2.4-million-year cycle</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2421730-marss-gravitational-pull-may-be-strong-enough-to-stir-earths-oceans|2421730</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/12100146/SEI_195702447.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>The moons of Mars may have been formed in an icy planetary collision</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2421706-the-moons-of-mars-may-have-been-formed-in-an-icy-planetary-collision/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 20:15:30 +0000</pubDate> <description>The origins of Mars’s moons Phobos and Deimos have long been an enigma, but they may have been formed when a icy, comet-like object slammed into the Red Planet</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2421706-the-moons-of-mars-may-have-been-formed-in-an-icy-planetary-collision|2421706</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/11155125/SEI_195621916.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>How our golden age of asteroid exploration could reveal life's origins</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26134811-000-how-our-golden-age-of-asteroid-exploration-could-reveal-lifes-origins/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <description>What did NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to sample Bennu discover? Mission leader Dante Lauretta says the asteroid could hold clues about how life began</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">mg26134811-000-how-our-golden-age-of-asteroid-exploration-could-reveal-lifes-origins|2420286</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/04114714/SEI_194473821.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>6 things to look out for during the total solar eclipse</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2421194-6-things-to-look-out-for-during-the-total-solar-eclipse/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2024 20:00:42 +0000</pubDate> <description>A total solar eclipse is a unique experience. From shadow bands to the sun’s majestic corona and pinkish prominences, here’s what you can expect to see</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2421194-6-things-to-look-out-for-during-the-total-solar-eclipse|2421194</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/07151114/SEI_194931990.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Weird floating crystals can stop stars ageing for billions of years</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2420654-weird-floating-crystals-can-stop-stars-ageing-for-billions-of-years/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2024 16:00:55 +0000</pubDate> <description>Some white dwarfs seem to stop ageing for billions of years, and this may be due to the behaviour of unusual ice crystals that heat up the stars</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2420654-weird-floating-crystals-can-stop-stars-ageing-for-billions-of-years|2420654</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/05195959/SEI_194645784.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Bizarre galaxy in the early universe died extremely young</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2420725-bizarre-galaxy-in-the-early-universe-died-extremely-young/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2024 16:00:23 +0000</pubDate> <description>The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed that a distant galaxy stopped forming stars extraordinarily fast, making it the furthest dead galaxy ever spotted</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2420725-bizarre-galaxy-in-the-early-universe-died-extremely-young|2420725</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/06152453/SEI_194648530.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Australia could launch its first private orbital rocket within weeks</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2420760-australia-could-launch-its-first-private-orbital-rocket-within-weeks/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2024 10:27:54 +0000</pubDate> <description>Gilmour Space is awaiting approval from the Australian Space Agency for the first launch of its Eris Block 1 orbital rocket, with plans to deploy a satellite as soon as April</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2420760-australia-could-launch-its-first-private-orbital-rocket-within-weeks|2420760</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/06102228/SEI_194757785.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>JWST will officially begin searching for exomoons around other planets</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2420632-jwst-will-officially-begin-searching-for-exomoons-around-other-planets/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=space</link> <pubDate>Tue, 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