Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have conducted the most detailed simulation of the interior of stars and disproved a theory scientists believed for 45 years: that stars switch their rotation ...

A newly discovered object speeding through our solar system is sparking excitement among astronomers because it’s not from around here. Believed to be a comet, the object is only the third celestial ...

The newborn planetary system appears to be emerging 1,300 light-years away around a baby star known as HOPS-315. Planet-forming materials were first identified using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

There are some clocks, mostly in or around international airports, which have multiple faces to show the time at various ...

Last Word is New Scientist’s long-running series in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions, ranging from the minutiae of everyday life to absurd astronomical hypotheticals. To ...