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Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
SpaceX’s Starship Launches and Again Crashes in Test of Prototype
After defying the F.A.A. during its last test flight in December, the company got approval but…
The Webb Telescope, NASA’s Golden Surfer, Is Almost Ready, Again
After decades of fits and starts, the multibillion dollar successor to the Hubble telescope is expected…
To Get on This SpaceX Flight, You Don’t Have to Be Rich, Just Lucky
Jared Isaacman, 37-year-old founder of Shift4 Payments, is chartering a trip to orbit and raffling a…
Five Takeaways From the Developing Space War Between China and the U.S.
The Biden administration is inheriting the menace of Chinese antisatellite arms as well as an innovative…
How Space Became the Next ‘Great Power’ Contest Between the U.S. and China
The Biden administration faces not only waves of Chinese antisatellite weapons but a history of jumbled…
George Carruthers, Whose Telescopes Explored Space, Dies at 81
At a time when there were few other Black astrophysicists, he developed a telescopic device that…
Six Stars, Six Eclipses: ‘The Fact That It Exists Blows My Mind’
A handful of other six-star systems have been discovered, but this one is unique. …
NASA’s Decision for Moon Rocket: Test Again or Prepare for Launch?
The booster of the Space Launch System was in good condition after a test was cut…
A Bitter Archaeological Feud Over an Ancient Vision of the Cosmos
The Nebra sky disk, which has been called the oldest known depiction of astronomical phenomena, is…