The Webb telescope has spotted some of the oldest known collections of stars. They may have…
Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
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. …
Live Updates: A Japanese Company Attempts the 1st Private Moon Landing
Ispace is carrying a rover from the United Arab Emirates and a small Japanese robot as…
Northern Lights Are Seen in Places Where They Normally Aren’t
The lights, driven by a large burst of energy from the sun, illuminated an unusually wide…
SpaceX’s Starship Kicked Up a Dust Cloud, Leaving Texans With a Mess
Residents of Port Isabel said that their city was covered in grime following SpaceX’s rocket launch…