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Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
NASA’S Lunar Trailblazer Hitches Ride to the Moon to Map Water for Astronauts
The moon is not bone dry, scientists now know. But how many drops of water will…
How to Watch the Launch of Intuitive Machines’s Second Moon Landing Mission
Intuitive Machines landed a robot on the moon last year. Can the Houston company do it…
Embracing Darkness on the Isle of Rum
Rum, a diamond-shaped island off the western coast of Scotland, is home to 40 people. Most…
Earth Safe From Asteroid 2024 YR4, NASA Says
Astronomers have been carefully watching 2024 YR4, a space rock with a heightened chance of hitting…
A Parade of Planets Is Marching Through the Night Sky
Astute skywatchers may have already seen the striking line of planets across the night sky in…
Earth’s 1st Asteroid Mining Prospector Heads to the Launchpad
A private company is aiming to heave a microwave oven-size spacecraft toward an asteroid later this…
William R. Lucas, Official Blamed in Challenger Tragedy, Dies at 102
William R. Lucas, who oversaw development of rockets for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and…
Will That Asteroid Strike Earth? Risk Level Rises to Highest Ever Recorded.
Astronomers on Tuesday said that the asteroid designated 2024 YR4 had become the most likely sizable…
As Trump Slashes Federal Jobs, Alabama’s ‘Rocket City’ Braces for Impact
Over galaxy-themed beers at InnerSpace Brewing in Huntsville, Ala., Stewart Money has heard it all recently…