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Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
SpaceX Wins FAA Approval for Launch of Starship Mars Rocket
The Federal Aviation Administration placed conditions on the flights, but ruled that a more extensive environmental…
As the Large Hadron Collider Revs Up, Physicists’ Hopes Soar
The particle collider at CERN will soon restart. “There could be a revolution coming,” scientists say. …
Valery Ryumin, Who Set Endurance Record in Space, Dies at 82
A Soviet cosmonaut, he spent 362 days in flight on three missions. He returned 18 years…
NASA Plans to Join U.F.O. Research Efforts
The truth is out there, and now America’s space agency will add its resources to the…
Asteroid Samples May ‘Rewrite the Chemistry of the Solar System’
The flecks of rock were brought back to Earth by the Japanese space mission Hayabusa2 in…
Elon Musk Tells Tesla and SpaceX Workers to Return to Office 40 Hours a Week
In emails to workers at SpaceX and Tesla, Mr. Musk said they were required to spend…
Pale Blue, Deep Blue: How Uranus and Neptune Get Their Colors
While the giant, icy worlds are similar in many ways, a thinner, more active haze makes…
Killer Asteroids Are Hiding in Plain Sight. A New Tool Helps Spot Them.
Researchers have built an algorithm that can scan old astronomical images for unnoticed space rocks, helping…
How to Watch Tau Herculids, a Potential New Meteor Shower
A comet’s breakup three decades ago could produce a seldom-seen meteor storm on Monday night. Or…