New Scientist - Space

1. The physicist trying to build humanity's lunar future with moon dirt
   When it comes to sending humans back to the moon, knowing how to work with the regolith that coats the ground will be make-or-break. Phil Metzger is studying how to mitigate its dangers and use it as a crucial resource
2. Incredible images show the moment SpaceX's Starship exploded
   James Temple was "in the right place at the right time" to take these dramatic images of SpaceX's Starship's seventh flight test disintegrating above the Atlantic Ocean
3. An alien planet has winds that blow at 33,000 kilometres per hour
   Observations of WASP-127b, a giant gas exoplanet more than 500 light years from Earth, suggest it has phenomenally high wind speeds
4. Weird icy balls in space could be a totally new kind of star
   After a close look with a powerful radio telescope, astronomers are still puzzled by a pair of objects with strange characteristics first spotted in 2021
5. How to see all the solar system’s planets in the night sky at once
   All seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment – here’s how to spot the celestial show
6. Blue Origin vs SpaceX: Who is winning the battle of the rockets?
   Blue Origin and SpaceX both launched rockets on 16 January, but while Jeff Bezos's company saw a launch success with New Glenn, Elon Musk's Starship exploded. What does this mean for the future of the space industry?
7. Read an extract from Adrian Tchaikovsky's Alien Clay
   In the opening to Adrian Tchaikovsky's science fiction novel Alien Clay, the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, our hero wakes from years of space travel to a terrifying new reality
8. Human exploration of Mars is coming, says former NASA chief scientist
   NASA's former chief scientist, Jim Green, explains how close we are to having humans on Mars
9. Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket reaches orbit on first launch
   After delays and false starts, Jeff Bezos's firm Blue Origin has reached orbit with its first launch of the New Glenn rocket, though attempts to land the first stage at sea were unsuccessful
10. Extraordinary images reveal the mysteries of Mars
    From windswept craters to frigid ice caps, explore Martian landscapes through the eyes of NASA’s orbiters, probes and rovers