New Scientist - Space

1. Astronauts could hitch a ride on asteroids to get to Venus or Mars
   Asteroids that regularly fly between Earth, Venus and Mars could provide radiation shielding for human missions to explore neighbouring planets
2. NASA is developing a Mars helicopter that could land itself from orbit
   The largest and most ambitious Martian drone yet could carry kilograms of scientific equipment over great distances and set itself down on the Red Planet unassisted
3. Complex form of carbon spotted outside solar system for first time
   Complex carbon-based molecules crucial to life on Earth originated somewhere in space, but we didn't know where. Now, huge amounts of them have been spotted in a huge, cold cloud of gas
4. A supernova may have cleaned up our solar system
   A nearby star that exploded some 3 million years ago could have removed all dust smaller than a millimetre from the outer solar system
5. 10 stunning James Webb Space Telescope images show the beauty of space
   Maggie Aderin-Pocock, who has worked on the JWST, catalogues the science behind its most stunning images in her new book, Webb's Universe. Here's her pick of the telescope’s best shots
6. What does it mean to “look” at a black hole?
   General relativity teaches us that observing a black hole is all a question of perspective – and technique, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
7. Understated sci-fi drama traverses themes of immigration and identity
   Moin Hussain's debut feature film Sky Peals sees a man discover his father may be from outer space. Part sci-fi, part family drama, part coming-of-age tale, it is odd and otherworldly
8. New Scientist recommends Brian Cox's new series, Solar System
   The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week
9. The first brown dwarf ever found was the strangest – now we know why
   The first “failed star” ever discovered has been a weird outlier since it was found nearly 30 years ago. New observations show that it is unusually massive because it isn’t a single star after all
10. First breathtaking images from Euclid telescope's map of the universe
    The Euclid space telescope's massive “cosmic atlas” promises to shed light on fundamental questions in physics and cosmology