LATEST
Newly found brown dwarf is ultra-cool
IN BRIEF: 14:00 12 March 2011 | 7 comments
A recently discovered object is at room temperature, much cooler than other failed stars
Eight extremes: The biggest things in the universe
FEATURE: 17:09 11 March 2011
The mightiest planet, star, galaxy, artefact – and hole
The robots in Google's race to the moon
11:11 11 March 2011
The contestants' designs are in, but which has the potential to win the $20 million Google Lunar X Prize?
Eight extremes: The densest thing in the universe
COVER STORY: 10:08 11 March 2011
Try working out the density of a black hole
Eight extremes: The darkest thing in the universe
COVER STORY: 17:45 10 March 2011
The least bright thing in the universe is dark matter – one day, perhaps we'll see it
Eight extremes: The roundest thing in the universe
COVER STORY: 10:15 10 March 2011 | 30 comments
Does anything live up to the medieval notion of the music of the spheres?
Tourists spark era of space science
THIS WEEK: 18:00 09 March 2011
Scientists are salivating over the research potential of flights designed to make joy rides to the edge of space
Eight extremes: The brightest thing in the universe
COVER STORY: 16:52 09 March 2011 | 1 comment
What can shine with the light of more than 30 trillion suns?
Moon millions: Space firms chase Google's lunar lucre
FEATURE: 13:05 09 March 2011
On your marks, get set, lift-off: everyone from garage inventors to aerospace magnates is racing for the Lunar X Prize. New Scientist surveys the field
The robots in Google's race to the moon
GALLERY: 12:59 09 March 2011
The contestants' designs are in, but which has the potential to win the $20 million Google Lunar X Prize?
COSMOLOGY
Laws of physics may change across universe
A controversial study suggests that a physical constant varies in space – it could explain why our corner of the cosmos is just right for life
SPACE TECHNOLOGY
NASA mulls sending space station to an asteroid
Agency engineers suggest detaching one of the station's current crew compartments and using it to ferry astronauts to an asteroid by 2025