EditorialAn undated image provided by NASA shows an artist?s conception of seven rocky exoplanets 40 light-years from Earth that make up the TRAPPIST-1 system. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via The New York Times)
EditorialAn undated photo provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS shows a selfie taken by the the space agency’s Perseverance rover over an area where the craft drilled rock samples. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS via The New York Times)
EditorialA photo provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS shows an image of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede obtained by the Juno spacecraft during its flyby of the icy moon on Monday, June 7, 2021. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS via The New York Times)
EditorialA photo provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS shows an image of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede obtained by the Juno spacecraft during its flyby of the icy moon on Monday, June 7, 2021. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS via The New York Times)
EditorialThe Ingenuity helicopter, top, still attached to Perseverance after the debris shield, bottom, that protected it during landing, was detached on Mars. (NASA/JPL-CALTECH/EPA via The New York Times)
EditorialA photo provided by NASA shows the NASA Mars InSight lander’s dome-covered seismometer, known as SEIS, on the planet’s surface, on Feb. 18, 2020. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via The New York Times)