Read an extract from The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

Published on August 29, 2025

The New Scientist Book Club is currently reading Ursula K. Le Guin’s classic novel The Dispossessed. In this extract from its opening, we get our first glimpse of the planet Anarres

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On 20 February 1962, NASA astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth. The mission was part of NASA’s Mercury human spaceflight programme and came just nine months after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space. Another significant moment came when Glenn used a camera he had purchased from a …

Space South Central Newsletter🌎

August 29, 2025
Dear Reader,August may traditionally be a quieter month in the space sector, but at Space South Central, the pace has never dropped. From breakthrough engineering to national headlines, our region has stayed remarkably busy.Most notably, the UK Space Agency has announced its transfer to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). This landmark move promises greater alignment betw