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The 19 best Christmas gifts for science lovers (and nerds)

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The 19 best Christmas gifts for science lovers (and nerds)

From microscopes to geodes, New Scientist staff share their top Christmas present ideas in a gift guide unlike any you’ve seen before

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The fascinating story of the ultimate cosmic law

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Space

We may have found a surprisingly nearby cluster of primordial stars

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The best new science fiction books of November 2025

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The best new science fiction books of November 2025

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CMB-S4 will use telescopes installed at the South Pole to measure variations in the temperature and polarization of microwave light across most of the sky to probe for ripples in space-time. Shown here is the South Pole Telescope. Photo: Brad Benson, University of Chicago, Fermilab

Space

The end of US support for the CMB-S4 telescope is devastating

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Satellite-filled sky

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How worried should we be about noxious chemicals from dead satellites?

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Once Upon a Time in Space book - James Bluemel Cosmonaut Valeriy Polyakov seen in Mir?s window from Shuttle Discovery STS063-711-080 (6 Feb. 1995) --- Cosmonaut Valeriy V. Polyakov, who boarded Russia's Mir Space Station on January 8, 1994, looks out Mir's window during rendezvous operations with the Space Shuttle Discovery. This is one of 16 still photographs released by the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) Public Affairs Office (PAO) on February 14, 1995. Onboard the Discovery were astronauts James D. Wetherbee, mission commander; Eileen M. Collins, pilot; Bernard A. Harris, Jr., payload commander; mission specialists C. Michael Foale, Janice E. Voss, and cosmonaut Vladimir G. Titov. Page 134

Space

See the beauty of space, captured by the astronauts who experienced it

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Space

Is the universe really one big black hole?

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Do black holes exist and, if not, what have we really been looking at?

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Do black holes exist and, if not, what have we really been looking at?

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A bright star emitting streaks of light that curve outwards as the star moves across the night sky

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

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

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Physics

Should it be space-time or spacetime – and why does it matter anyway?

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Inside the missions that made the moon landings possible

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Could a huge lunar telescope be our best chance of spotting aliens?

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Space

NASA's first space photos restored in stunning detail

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