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Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
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…
Leonids Meteor Shower Will Peak in Night Skies
Meteor showers can light up night skies from dusk to dawn, and if you’re lucky you…
A Black Hole Threw a Star Out of the Milky Way Galaxy
So long, S5-HVS1, we hardly knew you. Click here for original story, A Black…
How to Peer Through a Wormhole
Theoretically, the universe may be riddled with tunnels through space and time. Two scientists have now…
NASA Renames Object After Uproar Over Old Name’s Nazi Connotations
Scientists said an object four billion miles from Earth would be given a Native American name:…
SpaceX to Launch 60 More Starlink Satellites
As the company presses ahead with its project to launch tens of thousands of satellites for…
How to Watch Mercury Transit the Sun Today
Viewers on the East and West Coasts of the U.S. can see part or all of…