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Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
The Biggest Explosion in the Cosmos Just Keeps Going
For three years, telescopes have monitored “one of the most luminous” events ever: a supermassive black…
Saturn Adds 62 More Moons to Its Count
If all the objects are recognized by scientific authorities, the ringed giant world will have 145…
Webb Telescope Finds a Star Cloaked in 3 Rings of Ruined Worlds
Astronomers have gained a new understanding of the chaos that wreathes the bright star Fomalhaut with…
When to Watch the Eta Aquariids Meteor Shower Peak
The latest meteor shower is formed from the debris left by Halley’s comet as it travels…
What It Looks Like When a Dying Star Eats a Planet
Astronomers spotted a dying star swallowing a large planet, a discovery that fills in a “missing…
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.…