The founder of the private space company rehashed his broad vision of colonizing Mars, but he…
Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
Why Astra's Small Rocket Launch for NASA Is a Big Deal
The mission’s failure to reach orbit highlighted the challenges of breaking into the space business, especially…
What Is Starship? SpaceX Builds Its Next-Generation Rocket
The giant, gleaming spacecraft is being designed to carry NASA astronauts to the moon, as well…
Geomagnetic Storm Destroys 40 New SpaceX Satellites in Orbit
The geomagnetic incident resulted in the Starlink transmitters drifting back into Earth’s atmosphere, where they will…
The First Quadruple Asteroid: Astronomers Spot a Space Rock With 3 Moons
Astronomers had already spotted two other rocks orbiting the asteroid known as 130 Elektra, and think…
Astronomers Find a New Trojan Asteroid Sharing Earth’s Orbit
The Trojan asteroid 2020 XL5, which follows the same path around the sun as our planet,…
The Milky Way: An Electrifying View
A new radio-wave image of the center of our galaxy reveals all the forms of frenzy…
An Electrifying View of the Heart of the Milky Way
A new radio-wave image of the center of our galaxy reveals all the forms of frenzy…
With the James Webb Space Telescope, Humanity Did the Right Thing
Every person on Earth shares in the quest that the giant observatory will now begin. …
SpaceX Rocket Part to Crash Into Moon 7 Years After Launch
The four-ton piece of the rocket hasn’t been heard from since it launched an American satellite…