A small comet has been spotted slowing down and then speeding up again – but in the opposite direction, which we have never ...

Forty years ago, the catastrophic explosion at Chernobyl sent plumes of radioactive waste into the atmosphere. Now, New Scientist has gained exclusive access to learn how vital work to decontaminate t ...

When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Chernobyl lay on the path to the capital Kyiv. When the plant was occupied by Russian ...

If the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation shut down, the knock-on effects could release hundreds of billions of tonnes of CO2, raising global temperatures even further ...

Natural disasters, such as earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic activity, are a product of our planet’s geophysical forces and can have devastating effects on communities and ecosystems. Detecting such ...