Arno A. Penzias, whose astronomical probes yielded incontrovertible evidence of a dynamic, evolving universe with a…
Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
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…
It Started as Winter Break. It Ended With a Doomed Moon Mission.
A gaggle of students from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh traveled to Florida last month during…
Could a Giant Parasol in Outer Space Help Solve the Climate Crisis?
It’s come to this. With Earth at its hottest point in recorded history, and humans doing…
Fragments of Asteroid With Mystery Origin Are Found Outside Berlin
Scientists have found pieces of a meteorite that fell near Berlin just after midnight on Jan.…