Stargazing, it turns out, doesn’t have to be a stationary activity. On railway lines around the…
Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
U.S.-China Rivalry Reaches South American Skies
In the foothills of the Argentine Andes, the enormous Chinese radio telescope sits in one of…
U.F.O. Files Released by U.S. Shed Light on What the Government Knows
Government drones, errant weather balloons, experimental spy planes, rocket launches and exhaust plumes are just some…
Surprising Signs of an Atmosphere Around a Tiny World, Billions of Miles Away
A small world about 300 miles wide and 3.5 billion miles from the sun — nearly…
Pentagon Releases Files on U.F.O.s
The Pentagon released what it called “new, never-before-seen” files on U.F.O.s on Friday, hailing the step…
Blue Origin’s Failure May Hamstring NASA’s Moon Plans
A rocket built by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space company appeared to launch perfectly on Sunday,…
Why So Many People Already Own Shares of Elon Musk’s SpaceX
Anthony Scaramucci has said he owns shares of SpaceX. So does 2 Chainz, the rapper; Betsy…
Could an Earthly Fungus Contaminate Mars? NASA May Have Found One Hardy Enough.
NASA follows international guidelines called the Planetary Protection protocol, aimed at making sure Earth’s biology doesn’t…
Musk’s SpaceX Goals Shift Ahead of Its I.P.O.
For years, SpaceX’s mission was clear: Get humans to Mars. “The most powerful thing we could…
Dark Skies and Dark Energy Converge in West Texas
Two billion years after the cosmos banged into existence, a mysterious force known as dark energy…