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Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
Japan Achieves a Soft Lunar Landing, but Its Life on the Moon May Be Short
A Japanese robotic spacecraft successfully set down on the moon on Friday — but its solar…
The New Space Race Is Causing New Pollution Problems
The high-altitude chase started over Cape Canaveral on Feb. 17, 2023, when a SpaceX Falcon 9…
Arno A. Penzias, 90, Dies; Nobel Physicist Confirmed Big Bang Theory
Arno A. Penzias, whose astronomical probes yielded incontrovertible evidence of a dynamic, evolving universe with a…
A Famous Black Hole Gets a Second Look From Astronomers
Hello darkness, our old friend, we’ve come to stare at you again. At the center of…
Japan Explains How It Made an Upside-Down Moon Landing
Japan became the fifth nation to land on the moon on Saturday, but its spacecraft ended…
Dark Galaxies: What Happens When Stars Are Nearly Invisible
What do you call a galaxy without stars? Earlier this month, radio astronomers announced that they…
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Ends Its Mission
Ingenuity, the little Mars helicopter that could, can’t anymore. At least one rotor broke during the…
A Shape-Shifting Plastic With a Flexible Future
With restrictions on space and weight, what would you bring if you were going to Mars?…
NASA Spots Signs of Twin Volcanic Plumes on Jupiter’s Moon Io
On Saturday, NASA’s Juno orbiter got a second close-up with Io, Jupiter’s third-largest moon and the…