Articles by

Christopher Crockett

The first U.S. lunar lander since 1972 touches down on the moon

After a nail-biting descent, the United States took one small step back to the surface of the...

50 years ago, the first probe to visit Mercury launched

Excerpt from the November 10, 1973 issue of Science News ...

Here is the first direct look at Neptune’s rings in more than 30 years

Humankind is seeing Neptune’s rings in a whole new light thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope....

How radio astronomy put new eyes on the cosmos

One can only imagine what Grote Reber’s neighbors thought when, in 1937, the amateur radio enthusiast erected...

‘Flashes of Creation’ recounts the Big Bang theory’s origin story

Flashes of CreationPaul HalpernBasic Books, $30 The Big Bang wasn’t always a sure bet. For several...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has begun its first science campaign

NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars has seen its future, and it’s full of rocks. Lots and lots...