Alan Hale, Sky Watcher Who Created a Comet Sensation, Dies at 68
Alan Hale, who wheeled a telescope out of his New Mexico garage on July 23, 1995, and spotted…
Can NASA Really Land Astronauts on the Moon by 2028?
NASA hopes 2028 will be the year for a crewed moon landing, an ambition that mirrors President Trump’s…
How Elon Musk’s Friendship With the F.C.C. Smooths the Way for SpaceX’s I.P.O.
Days after the U.S. presidential election in November 2024, Brendan Carr, a member of the Federal Communications Commission,…
SpaceX Has $30 Billion Deal to Provide Google With A.I. Computing Power
SpaceX revealed in a regulatory filing on Friday that Google will pay it $920 million a month for…
Gwynne Shotwell, Elon Musk’s No. 2 at SpaceX, Is the Company’s Steady Hand
Elon Musk, the chief executive of SpaceX, has dined with President Trump at the White House, lost a…
NASA Says Goodbye to its Longtime Mars MAVEN Mission
On Wednesday, NASA announced the end of a more than 11-year mission aimed at solving a key mystery…
SpaceX IPO to Be Largest Ever at $135 Share Price
SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket maker and artificial intelligence company, set a price for its initial public offering on…
A New Era of Exploring the Universe in Radio
A new telescope — the Next Generation Very Large Array, or ngVLA — is sprouting in New Mexico.…
SpaceX Scrubs Launch Attempt of Updated Starship Rocket
After a hiatus of more than half a year, SpaceX will have to wait at least one more…
Musk’s SpaceX Reveals Its Finances for the First Time as It Readies for IPO
SpaceX, Elon Musk’s privately held rocket and satellite maker, has long been something of a financial mystery, even…
A Physicist Who Thinks in Poetry from the Cosmic Edge
Much of the praise for Chanda Prescod-Weinstein’s debut book in 2021, “The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey Into Dark…
Rare Comet Appears Over New Zealand, Australia and South Africa
The night skies above the Southern Hemisphere will host a rare visitor over the next two weeks. A…