More than 60 years after Edward Dwight was chosen to be the first Black astronaut, only…
Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
Alarmed by Climate Change, Astronomers Train Their Sights on Earth
Peter Kalmus, a climate scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, began his career searching for gravitational…
New Star Wars Plan: Pentagon Rushes to Counter Threats in Orbit
The Pentagon is rushing to expand its capacity to wage war in space, convinced that rapid…
Solar Storm Disrupts Some Farmers’ GPS Systems
The powerful geomagnetic storm that cast the northern lights’ vivid colors across the Northern Hemisphere over…
Northern Lights Set to Return Tonight as Extreme Solar Storm Continues
Night skies in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere are expected to bloom again on Saturday…
A Solar Storm Lights Up the Night Sky
People in Britain marveled at the unusual and spectacular sight of the northern lights on Friday…
A Severe Solar Storm Hitting Earth May Make Northern Lights: What to Know
Dramatic blasts of particles from the surface of the sun have prompted the National Oceanic and…
Boeing Starliner to Launch NASA Astronauts on First Flight: Live Updates
May 6, 2024, 6:00 p.m. ET May 6, 2024, 6:00 p.m. ET NASA astronauts will launch…
Some NASA Satellites Will Soon Stop Sending Data Back to Earth
Sometime in the next few years — no one knows exactly when — three NASA satellites,…
How to Watch China’s Chang’e-6 Moon Launch
China is launching a second lander to the lunar far side, which, if successful, will be…