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Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
Will the Next Space-Weather Season Be Stormy or Fair?
As another 11-year cycle of solar activity begins, scientists debate how violent our stellar friend is…
What to Name a Bunch of Black Holes? You Had Some Ideas.
Recently, astronomers asked aloud which plural term would best suit the most enigmatic entity in the…
Astronauts on Set: Space Station May Host Wave of TV Shows and Films
A Discovery reality TV competition, a Russian medical thriller and more productions could be heading to…
A Super Blood Moon Dazzles Earthlings
A supermoon and total lunar eclipse combined to put on a big red show. …
Super Blood Moon and Lunar Eclipse 2021: When to Watch
People out west in the United States and in Australia and East Asia will have a…
A Serene Shore Resort, Except for the SpaceX ‘Ball of Fire’
For years, those in a rural Texas village cherished living among nature and wildlife. Elon Musk’s…
In Sweden’s Far North, a Space Complex Takes Shape
The government is turning an old research base above the Arctic Circle into a state-of-the-art satellite…
Ruth Freitag, Librarian to the Stars, Dies at 96
An expert on astronomy, she spent nearly a half-century at the Library of Congress and helped…
China Releases First Photos From Its Mars Lander
The country’s space agency said that the craft’s components, and those of the rover it would…