The spacecraft’s journey to the red planet was a success, extending the American record of safe…
Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
A Famous Black Hole Gets a Massive Update
Cygnus X-1, one of the first identified black holes, is much weightier than expected, raising new…
NASA's Mars Rover Landing: Launch Time, Streaming and Details
The Perseverance rover will attempt to touch down in one piece on Thursday. Here’s what you…
NASA Will Listen for Thumps on Mars From Perseverance Rover's Arrival
Parts of the new visitor will make large impacts that could be picked up by the…
Where Did the Dinosaur-Killing Impactor Come From?
A new study blames a comet fragment for the death of the dinosaurs 66 million years…
Earth to Voyager 2: After a Year in the Darkness, We Can Talk to You Again
NASA’s sole means of sending commands to the distant space probe, launched 44 years ago, is…
Millie Hughes-Fulford, NASA Shuttle Scientist, Dies at 75
As the space agency’s first female payload specialist, she conducted experiments about the impact of weightlessness…
China’s Mars Mission Is Up Next to Orbit the Red Planet
The Tianwen-1 mission is scheduled to be the second of three new visitors to Mars this…
Mars Mission From U.A.E. to Arrive and Orbit Red Planet
The Hope spacecraft will fire its engines on Tuesday, aiming to be grappled by the planet’s…
Life on Venus? The Picture Gets Cloudier
Despite doubts from many scientists, a team of researchers who said they had detected an unusual…