Gravitational waves finally prove Stephen Hawking's black hole theorem 10. September 2025 (18:00) An exceptionally loud collision between two black holes has been detected by the LIGO gravitational wave observatory, enabling physicists to test a theorem postulated by Stephen Hawking in 1971(New Scientist)
NASA hasn't found life on Mars yet – but signs are promising 10. September 2025 (18:00) A rock found last year on the surface of Mars offered tantalising evidence that life once existed on the Red Planet. Now scientists have found yet more evidence that could point to the existence of ancient organisms – but we can't know for certain without returning samples to Earth(New Scientist)
Which perimenopause treatments actually work? 10. September 2025 (18:00) For women going through perimenopause, there is no shortage of advice on how to deal with the symptoms – but which strategies show real results, and which are social media hype?(New Scientist)
Asteroid Ryugu once had liquid water flowing through it 10. September 2025 (18:00) Samples retrieved from asteroid Ryugu indicate that it once had flowing water in far greater volumes than previously thought possible, suggesting that similar objects may have played a role in delivering vast quantities of water to Earth(New Scientist)
Iridescent mammals are much more common than we thought 10. September 2025 (02:01) It has long been claimed that only one mammal – the golden mole – has fur that shimmers with rainbow colours, but it now turns out that at least a dozen more mammals have iridescent fur too(New Scientist)
How cosmic events may have influenced hominin evolution 09. September 2025 (20:00) Some cosmic events could have profoundly altered the lives of our ancient human relatives. Did Neanderthals go extinct, at least in part, due to changes in Earth’s magnetic field? Did Australopithecus witness huge meteorite impacts?(New Scientist)
Is Earth’s climate in a state of 'termination shock'? 09. September 2025 (18:00) Cleaning up air pollution has saved millions of lives, but it has also given us an inadvertent taste of a nightmare climate scenario. The race is on to understand how bad it could be – and how to swerve the worst effects(New Scientist)
Geoengineering is not going to save the poles from climate change 09. September 2025 (12:00) A review of the five main methods proposed for cooling down the poles or slowing the loss of ice concludes they are all wildly impractical, wouldn't work, or both(New Scientist)
