At the American Museum of Natural History, a Look to Outer Space

Stranded astronauts and celebrity space tourism have piqued interest in space — and a photography exhibition in the museum is making the most of it.

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Gaia to Shut Down After More Than a Decade of Mapping the Milky Way

After more than a decade of mapping the stars, the European spacecraft will shut down on Thursday. But its legacy lives on.

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SpaceX Launches NASA’s SPHEREx and PUNCH Missions

The SPHEREx telescope will create the most colorful map of the cosmos, while the four satellites of the PUNCH mission track the evolution of the solar wind in three dimensions.

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NASA to Launch SPHEREx and PUNCH Missions: How to Watch

Two missions, SPHEREx and PUNCH, are expected to launch on a SpaceX rocket on Saturday.

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Embracing Darkness on the Isle of Rum

Europe’s newest dark-sky sanctuary is a wild Scottish island with 40 residents and celestial lighting.

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A Solstice of the Soul

For his next trick, your cosmic correspondent for the past quarter-century will (try to) retire.

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Two Black Holes are Giving the Cosmos a Fright

The ghosts of stars are up to their usual mischief.

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