Its celebrated lunar landing produced not only a wave of pride at home but also a…
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New York Times Space & Cosmos
How a Harvard Professor Became the World’s Leading Alien Hunter
Avi Loeb’s single-minded search for extraterrestrial life has made him the most famous practicing astronomer in…
India Becomes Fourth Country Ever to Land on the Moon
The Chandrayaan-3 mission makes India the first country to reach the lunar south polar region in…
India Moon Landing: In Latest Moon Race, India Aims to Claim First Successful Southern Pole Landing
Days after a Russian lunar landing failed, India will try to explore with its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft…
India’s Chandrayaan-3 Moon Landing: How and When to Watch
Coming on the heels of Russia’s lunar lander crash over the weekend, India is hoping to…
Russia’s Luna-25 Moon Lander Is Lost in a Crash
The robotic Luna-25 spacecraft appeared to have “ceased its existence” after a failed orbital adjustment, the…
Neptune’s Clouds Have Vanished, and Scientists Think They Know Why
A recent study suggests a relationship between solar cycles and the atmosphere of the solar system’s…
What Is That Question Mark in Space? Here’s What We Know — and Don’t Know
Close scrutiny of a recent image from the Webb Space Telescope revealed some questionable punctuation. …
Days on Mars Are Getting Shorter
The discovery, using data from NASA’s retired InSight lander, is puzzling to scientists who study the…
Ursula K. Le Guin’s Best Books
Her powerful imagination turned hypothetical elsewheres into vivid worlds governed by forces of nature, technology, gender,…