Astronomers spotted a dying star swallowing a large planet, a discovery that fills in a “missing…
Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
Who Will Have the Last Word on the Universe?
Modern science suggests that we and all our achievements and memories are destined to vanish like…
Elon Musk: SpaceX’s Out-of-Control Starship Struggled to Self-Destruct
In an update on the first flight of the most powerful rocket ever, Elon Musk offered…
Back Then, Baby Galaxies. Next, a Super-Mega Galactic Cluster?
The Webb telescope has spotted some of the oldest known collections of stars. They may have…
Quaoar Had One ‘Impossible’ Ring, Then Astronomers Found Two
Astronomers had already detected one unlikely ring around Quaoar, a small object far beyond Neptune’s orbit.…
A Fresh View of an Increasingly Familiar Black Hole
Radio astronomers have captured a wide-angle image of one of the most violent locales in the…
Deimos, the Smallest Moon of Mars, May Not Be What It Seemed
New high-resolution images of tiny Deimos taken by an Emirati orbiter suggest that it may not…
Japanese Company’s Spacecraft Is Lost During Moon Landing Attempt
The Japanese company aimed to be the first to change the paradigm for transporting things to…
Japanese Moon Landing Is Uncertain After Losing Signal Spacecraft
The Japanese company aimed to be the first to change the paradigm for transporting things to…
What May Have Been Lost If the Hakuto-R Moon Lander Crashed
The Ispace mission had planned to carry a number of customer payloads to the moon’s surface. …