The Starliner capsule was poised to fly people to orbit in July for the first time.…
Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
NASA UFO Panels Says It’s Pushing U.S. To Collect Better Data
A task force has not found any evidence that unidentified anomalous phenomena represent signs of extraterrestrial…
MBR Explorer: UAE Plans Space Mission to Explore Asteroid Belt
After a successful mission to Mars, the Emirati space agency is planning a tour of the…
Ispace’s Japanese Moon Lander Crashed Because of Software Glitch
Ispace was aiming to become the first private company to land on the surface of the…
This Is Not an Extraterrestrial Signal. This Is Just a Test.
You too could be Jodie Foster as astronomers organize a practice run in communicating with aliens. …
NASA Picks Blue Origin-Led Group to Build Moon Lander for Artemis V Mission
After losing out to SpaceX, Jeff Bezos’ rocket company will get a chance to carry astronauts…
Book Review: ‘For the Love of Mars,’ by Matthew Shindell
In Matthew Shindell’s “For the Love of Mars,” perceptions of the planet reflect the changing culture…
The Biggest Explosion in the Cosmos Just Keeps Going
For three years, telescopes have monitored “one of the most luminous” events ever: a supermassive black…
Saturn Adds 62 More Moons to Its Count
If all the objects are recognized by scientific authorities, the ringed giant world will have 145…
Webb Telescope Finds a Star Cloaked in 3 Rings of Ruined Worlds
Astronomers have gained a new understanding of the chaos that wreathes the bright star Fomalhaut with…