The Eaton fire, raging uncontained to the northeast of Los Angeles, raced up Mount Wilson on…
Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
NASA Will Let Trump Decide How to Bring Mars Rocks to Earth
NASA needs help fetching rocks from Mars, and on Tuesday, agency officials announced that they have…
Pluto May Have Captured Its Biggest Moon Charon After an Ancient Dance and Kiss
Some 4.5 billion years ago, the dwarf planet Pluto was suddenly joined by a companion. For…
Richard M. Goldstein, Who Helped Map the Cosmos, Dies at 97
Richard M. Goldstein, a trailblazer in planetary exploration who used ground-based radars to map planets with…
SpaceX’s Assault on a Fragile Habitat: Four Takeaways From Our Investigation
When Elon Musk first eyed South Texas for a new base of space operations, he promised…
Ariane 6 Launch: Watch the First Flight of Europe’s New Rocket
The European Space Agency has waited about a decade for the first launch of Ariane 6,…
Wildlife Protections Take a Back Seat to Elon Musk’s Ambitions
As Elon Musk’s Starship — the largest rocket ever manufactured — successfully blasted toward the sky…
Antikythera Mechanism’s Purpose Is Studied Using Cosmic Research Tool
The Antikythera mechanism, an ingenious calculator made 2,200 years ago, has inspired awe and enchantment ever…
What Is Aphelion? Earth Reaches Its Greatest Distance From the Sun on Friday
It’s summer in the Northern Hemisphere. But while you indulge in long, balmy days at the…
Debris Found in North Carolina Came From SpaceX Dragon, NASA Says
A hunk of metal found on a remote trail in a luxury camping resort in North…