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A moonstruck nation celebrated the 50th anniversary of humanity’s first footsteps on another world Saturday, gathering in record heat at races and other festivities to commemorate Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s “giant leap.” At NASA’s […]

No one who was alive then can forget the sights and sounds of that weekend in 1969. The drawling voices of “Houston” guiding the lunar module gingerly into its assigned parking place on the face […]

The Canadian government says two more rare North Atlantic right whales have been found dead in the country’s waters, worsening a disastrous year for the marine mammals. Fisheries and Oceans Canada says the causes of […]

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. The Apollo 11 mission returned to Earth in July 1969 with boxes of moon rocks […]

Officials in Hawaii said Friday that they will not call up additional National Guard troops or use force on peaceful telescope protesters blocking access to the state’s highest peak. Gov. David Ige said that his […]

Mr. First invoked a lyric from Buffalo Springfield’s 1966 song “For What It’s Worth” to describe the situation: “There’s something happening here. What it is ain’t exactly clear.” Can Libra survive? President Trump. Treasury Secretary […]

A pocket-sized pocket shark found in the Gulf of Mexico has turned out to be a new species. And the mysterious pouches that it’s named for, up near its front fins? Scientists say they squirt […]

You’re reading In Her Words, where women rule the headlines. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox. Let me know what you think at [email protected] “Our science can only benefit the whole […]

Is there life on planets outside our solar system? How did stars and galaxies form in the earliest years of the universe? How do black holes shape galaxies? Scientists are expected to explore those and […]

What would Instagram be like if people couldn’t see how many likes fellow users’ posts receive? Less competitive, less pressurized and more personal, Instagram surmises. The social media platform, which began testing that theory in […]