A trail of darkness swept across the Western Hemisphere on Saturday, starting at the Oregon coast…
Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
How and When to Watch the Orionids Meteor Shower Peak
On any given night, far from bright city lights, there’s a chance that you’ll see a…
The Holmdel Horn, a Cosmic Shrine in New Jersey, Stays Put
A radio telescope that discovered evidence of the Big Bang in 1964, revolutionizing the study of…
Mars Conceals a Radioactive Sea of Magma Under Its Surface
In 2021, it seemed as if Mars had a surprisingly big heart. Scientists had been using…
Venus May Have Had Earthlike Plate Tectonics Billions of Years Ago
Venus today is not like Earth. Temperatures hover around 860 degrees Fahrenheit day and night, and…
Old Faithful Is Boiling, Smelly and the Perfect Home for These Living Things
Yellowstone National Park is a North American hot spot for wildlife. The park’s mountains, forests and…
A ‘Big Whack’ Formed the Moon and Left Traces Deep in Earth, a Study Suggests
Where did the moon come from? The most popular theory says that about 4.5 billion years…
Photos: NASA’s Lucy Mission Finds Dinkinesh Asteroid Has a Moon
On Wednesday, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft zoomed by its first asteroid target — and scientists on the…
Ken Mattingly, Astronaut Bumped From Apollo 13, Is Dead at 87
Ken Mattingly, who orbited the moon and commanded a pair of NASA shuttle missions, but who…
As Interest in Space Grows, Earth’s Orbit Is Up for Grabs
Idealists may cringe, and not only because the video begins with ‘‘Space, the final frontier,’’ a…