It’s come to this. With Earth at its hottest point in recorded history, and humans doing…
Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
Fragments of Asteroid With Mystery Origin Are Found Outside Berlin
Scientists have found pieces of a meteorite that fell near Berlin just after midnight on Jan.…
2024 Space and Astronomy Events Calendar
Jump to: The New York Times has offered this calendar to readers since 2017. It’s a…
New Mexico’s Spaceport America Is an Economic Dream Deferred
From his tiny gem store in southern New Mexico, Robert Hanseck spends his days untangling chakra…
A ‘Holopoem’ for the Cosmos
The artist Eduardo Kac was at his New York gallery the other day to show a…
The First Secret Asteroid Mission Won’t Be the Last
For generations, Western space missions have largely occurred out in the open. We knew where they…
How to Create a Black Hole Out of Thin Air
How many ways are there to leave this universe? Perhaps the best known exit entails the…
NASA Streams Cat Video From Deep, Deep Space
On Dec. 11, NASA engineers anxiously gathered at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., to…
It’s Christmastime in the Cosmos
For astronomers peering into the depths of the universe, Christmas came a little early this year.…
Congress Orders U.F.O. Records Released but Drops Bid for Broader Disclosure
Congress passed legislation on Thursday that directs the government to eventually tell the public at least…