An early morning liftoff kicks off DART, NASA’s first mission to test a spacecraft that could…
Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
The Hubble Telescope Checks In With the Most Distant Planets
The spacecraft’s farseeing eye once again sets its gaze on Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. …
Miss Friday's Lunar Eclipse? Here's What it Looked Like.
The partial eclipse on Thursday night and Friday morning lasted more than six hours, and these…
How to Watch the Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse and Blood Moon
The partial eclipse will turn the moon rusty reddish hues and be visible across North America…
Jessica Watkins Will Be First Black Woman to Join Space Station Crew
Jessica Watkins, who joined NASA’s astronaut corps in 2017, is scheduled to fly to the orbital…
Leonids Meteor Shower 2021: Watch It Peak in Night Skies Overnight
If you’re willing to stay up into the early hours of Wednesday morning, you may get…
Will Indonesia Edge Its Way into the Space Race?
An Indigenous clan fears it will lose its place in the world as the government pursues…
How to Spot a Shooting Star
You don’t need fancy equipment. Check the weather. Click here for original story, How…
Russian Anti-Satellite Weapon Test Debris Forces Astronauts to Shelter
The State Department said the cloud of debris from the missile strike added more than 1,500…
SpaceX Crew-3 Astronauts Dock With Space Station
The Crew Dragon capsule Endurance docked on Thursday with the orbital outpost, where the four crewmates…