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Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
Where’s Vikram? NASA Photos and Amateur Sleuthing Led to Crashed Indian Moon Lander
The Indian space agency has been tight-lipped about the fate of the probe, but crowdsourcing and…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Is Unlocking the Sun’s Mysteries
Scientists working with the solar diving mission have released the spacecraft’s first batch of findings. …
Go Ahead, Take a Spin on Titan
Saturn’s biggest moon has gasoline for rain, soot for snow and a subsurface ocean of ammonia.…
NASA Finds India’s Vikram Moon Lander Crash Site, With Amateur’s Help
Since India lost contact with the spacecraft in September, the precise location of its crash has…
Bearing Witness to an Asteroid’s Assassination
At first astronomers thought they had spotted a comet, but it was really an asteroid in…
How to Cook Up a Lively Universe
Start with the cosmic gravy, and be thankful for the lumps. Click here for…
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Isn’t Dead Yet
Pieces of the gas giant’s greatest storm had seemed to be slipping away, but scientists say…
A Dance That Stops 2 of Neptune’s Moons From Colliding
Astronomers detected an orbital resonance between the two innermost satellites of the mysterious ice giant planet. …
Oxygen on Mars Adds to Atmospheric Mysteries
After a perplexing methane burst was measured by NASA’s Curiosity rover earlier this year, scientists were…