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Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
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…
Voyager 2’s Discoveries From Interstellar Space
In its journey beyond the boundary of the solar wind’s bubble, the probe observed some notable…
Watch Live: NASA and Boeing Test Starliner Spacecraft Safety Systems
Boeing was one of two American companies chosen by the space agency to develop spacecraft for…
NASA and Boeing to Test Starliner Spacecraft’s Safety Systems
Boeing was one of two American companies chosen by the space agency to develop spacecraft for…
They Didn’t Find Life in a Hopeless Place
In some of the world’s saltiest, most acidic bodies of superheated water, even the most extreme…