The northern lights are fleeting and fantastical. But Elise Wright Knutsen, an atmospheric physicist at the…
Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
NASA’s Don Pettit Shot 220 Days of Amazing Photos From the I.S.S.
Don Pettit, NASA’s oldest active astronaut, returned to Earth on April 20, the day he turned…
Soviet Spacecraft Crash Lands on Earth After a Journey of Half a Century
After looping through space for 53 years, a wayward Soviet spacecraft called Kosmos-482 returned to Earth,…
What to Know About Kosmos-482, a Soviet Spacecraft Returning to Earth After 53 Years
A robotic Soviet spacecraft has been adrift in space for 53 years. It will return to…
Eta Aquarids Meteor Show Peak: How and When to Watch
Our universe might be chock-full of cosmic wonder, but you can observe only a fraction of…
Trump’s 2026 Budget Proposes Cutting NASA Funding by $6 Billion
Under President Trump’s proposed budget, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration would largely become the National…
Molecular, Glow-in-the-Dark Cloud Discovered Close to Earth
Stars and planets are born inside swirling clouds of cosmic gas and dust that are brimming…
Amazon Launches First 27 Project Kuiper Internet Satellites
The battle of billionaires in space between Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk is ready to enter…
Blue Origin’s First All-Female Spaceflight Stunt
Though women remain severely underrepresented in the aerospace field worldwide, they do regularly escape the Earth’s…
Blue Origin Crew of 6 Women, Including Gayle King and Katy Perry, Land Safely After Space Trip
The broadcast journalist Gayle King and the singer Katy Perry made a brief trip into space…