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Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
Webb Telescope Approaches Launch, With an Eye Toward Cosmic Origins
The biggest space telescope in history aims to answer astronomy’s oldest question: How did we get…
NASA Mission Could Blast an Asteroid That Once Menaced Earth
The OSIRIS-REX spacecraft, which collected samples from the asteroid Bennu, would visit a second space rock,…
Former Interns Say SpaceX Ignored Sexual Harassment
Some women at the company, founded by Elon Musk, described feelings of powerlessness and a failure…
James Webb Space Telescope Launch Is Making Astronomers Very Anxious
The James Webb Space Telescope is endowed with the hopes and trepidations of a generation of…
Geminid Meteor Shower: How to Watch Its Peak in Night Skies
A picture from the meteor shower in 2020 highlights how brilliant this winter sky show can…
Who Can Be Called an Astronaut? The F.A.A. Will No Longer Say.
Starting in January, space tourists will not receive a participation trophy for flying to space. But…
The Year Space Got Sexy All Over Again
Or at least became a place for phallic rockets paid for by billionaires. Click…
What a Times Journalist Learned From His ‘Don’t Look Up’ Moment
A new film about a killer comet revives memories of a nail-biting night in The Times…
SpaceX Launches IXPE NASA Telescope for X-Ray Views of Universe
The IXPE spacecraft will use X-ray polarimetry to better measure black holes, supernovas and other astronomical…