Days after a Russian lunar landing failed, India will try to explore with its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft…
Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
India’s Chandrayaan-3 Moon Landing: How and When to Watch
Coming on the heels of Russia’s lunar lander crash over the weekend, India is hoping to…
Russia’s Luna-25 Moon Lander Is Lost in a Crash
The robotic Luna-25 spacecraft appeared to have “ceased its existence” after a failed orbital adjustment, the…
Neptune’s Clouds Have Vanished, and Scientists Think They Know Why
A recent study suggests a relationship between solar cycles and the atmosphere of the solar system’s…
What Is That Question Mark in Space? Here’s What We Know — and Don’t Know
Close scrutiny of a recent image from the Webb Space Telescope revealed some questionable punctuation. …
Days on Mars Are Getting Shorter
The discovery, using data from NASA’s retired InSight lander, is puzzling to scientists who study the…
Ursula K. Le Guin’s Best Books
Her powerful imagination turned hypothetical elsewheres into vivid worlds governed by forces of nature, technology, gender,…
How and When to Watch the Perseids Meteor Shower Peak
The event is formed from debris left by the comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle, and the summer weather could…
Russia Is Launching Luna-25 to the Moon: How and When to Watch
The mission, years in the making, will attempt to put a robotic lander on the lunar…
Our Galaxy Is Home to Trillions of Worlds Gone Rogue
Astronomers have found that free-floating planets far outnumber those bound to a host star. …