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Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
William Shatner Will Launch to Space on Next Blue Origin Flight
It’s only the edge of space, but the man who played the “Star Trek” captain is…
A Nobel Prize for Stephen Hawking That Might Have Been
A recent study of black holes has confirmed a fundamental prediction made by Stephen Hawking nearly…
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Accused of Toxic Culture and Safety Issues
Blue Origin launched the Amazon founder to the edge of space in July and has another…
A Strange Comet Erupted 4 Times in a ‘Super Outburst’
Comet 29P is already known as one of the solar system’s oddest icy objects, but the…
This May Be the First Planet Found Orbiting 3 Stars at Once
It’s called a circumtriple planet, and evidence that one exists suggests that planet formation is less…
Intelligence Agencies Pushed to Use More Commercial Satellites
Congress wants the government to turn to the private sector to augment the capabilities of highly…
The Secret War Over Pentagon Aid in Fighting Wildfires
The military’s satellites excel at spotting new blazes, but for decades they have been mostly off…
What a Fungus Reveals About the Space Program
One thing’s for sure: Escaping the dung heap doesn’t come cheap. Click here for…
The Moon Crater Where NASA Will Send Its Viper Rover
The agency picked the Nobile crater near the lunar south pole to seek frozen water that…