After an erroneous command sent the spacecraft’s antenna askew, mission specialists hatched a plan to point…
Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
NASA’s Voyager 2 Is Out of Contact but Not Lost in Space
The aging spacecraft’s antenna was misdirected by a glitch, although officials say the distant probe appears…
Mystery Object Is Found on Remote Beach in Western Australia
The authorities said the cylindrical object, which was found about 155 miles north of Perth, did…
Mysterious Object Found on Australian Beach Is Identified as Space Debris
A cylindrical object that was found in remote Western Australia probably came from an Indian rocket,…
Titanium Clouds Engulf This Ultrahot Neptune-like Planet
A cosmic mirror of sorts, this planet is the first of its size and location to…
NASA Picks Lockheed Martin to Build a Nuclear-Powered Rocket
The space agency and DARPA will work with Lockheed Martin to build a vehicle that uses…
At Congressional Hearing on UFOs, Lawmakers Press for Answers
Pentagon officials have said most reported incidents involved items like airborne trash, weather balloons and drones. …
Avi Loeb’s Deep Dive for Alien Life Is Making Other Scientists Gasp
The Harvard astrophysicist says that material recovered from the seafloor could be from an extraterrestrial spacecraft.…
A Cow, a Camel and a Finch Exploded in Space. What Is Going On?
Astronomers have yet to determine the cause of luminous fast blue optical transients, and the latest…
India’s Chandrayaan-3 Moon Launch: How and When to Watch
The mission is in part a redo of a 2019 attempt to put a robotic lander…