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Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Takes Second Flight
The experimental vehicle named Ingenuity flew higher and longer in its second flight on Mars. …
What Do You Call a Bunch of Black Holes: A Crush? A Scream?
There are pods of whales and gaggles of geese. Now astronomers are wondering which plural term…
Lyrid Meteor Shower 2021: How to Watch
Meteor showers can light up night skies from dusk to dawn, and if you’re lucky you…
NASA Mars Helicopter's Flight: Livestream, Date and Time
The experimental Ingenuity vehicle is expected to complete a short but historic up-and-down flight on Monday…
NASA Awards SpaceX $2.9 Billion to Build Moon Lander
Elon Musk’s company bested Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and others in the contest to carry American…
How a Burst of Light in the Sky Illuminated Something Primal
Videos of a mysterious celestial phenomenon captured a once-common human emotion: awe at the wonder of…
Make a Parachute Out of Newspaper
With a little ingenuity, your sheet of newsprint can float safely to the ground. …
Finding From Particle Research Could Break Known Laws of Physics
It’s not the next Higgs boson — yet. But the best explanation, physicists say, involves forms…
SpaceX Test Rocket Goes Up and Explodes Again
Something went wrong early for Starship, with shards of metal raining down around the launch site…