The closer scientists look at theories of how the moon formed, the more questions they find. …
Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
Neglected After Apollo, the Moon Comes Back Around
Something of a new lunar race is underway, but the motivations differ from what put men…
Should Neil Armstrong’s Bootprints Be on the Moon Forever?
With renewed interest in the moon, some say it’s time to consider whether, and how, to…
Hawaii Telescope Project, Long Disputed, Will Begin Construction
The governor announced that the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea, bitterly opposed by local activists,…
It Blasted an Asteroid. Now This Japanese Spacecraft Will Inspect Its Work.
Hayabusa2 will try to collect a sample scattered from a crater made on the surface of…
Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic to Reach a New Frontier: The Stock Market
The private space tourism business plans to merge with a publicly traded shell company, giving it…
Reliving the Apollo 11 Moon Landing in Pictures
It may be a familiar yarn, but humankind’s lunar journey in 1969 continues to be a…
Imagining the Moon
The moon in art has changed from symbol to something real, but that hasn’t changed our…
The Moon Is a Hazardous Place to Live
If we get back to the lunar surface, astronauts will have to contend with much more…
Neil Armstrong: First Man on the Moon, and Its First Great Geologist
Had the Apollo program stopped after July 21, 1969, another astronaut says, its lunar samples would…