The discovery, using data from NASA’s retired InSight lander, is puzzling to scientists who study the…
Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
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. …
The Loss of Space Command Headquarters Brings an Alabama City Down to Earth
Huntsville, a city with a proud history of aerospace innovation, was set to welcome Space Command,…
Killer Asteroid-Spotting Software Could Help Save the World
HelioLinc3D, which was developed for the Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile, showed its potential after finding…
NASA Restores Voyager 2 Contact With a Last-Ditch ‘Shout’ Into Space
After an erroneous command sent the spacecraft’s antenna askew, mission specialists hatched a plan to point…
NASA’s Voyager 2 Is Out of Contact but Not Lost in Space
The aging spacecraft’s antenna was misdirected by a glitch, although officials say the distant probe appears…
Mystery Object Is Found on Remote Beach in Western Australia
The authorities said the cylindrical object, which was found about 155 miles north of Perth, did…