It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

The moon is an integral part of the sky above us. Over time, each month’s full moon has acquired a unique name of its own: ...

One week ago, a private lunar lander left the ground on a nearly 7-week journey to reach the surface of the moon. The launch may not have had the headline-grabbing power of last year's historic ...

The start of the year offers ample chance to dive into a good book. From lighthearted reads to cure seasonal blues to novels that transport you to warmer climes, the criteria for a good book is ...

Since then, she’s written essays, a memoir and a children’s book. Now, after 12 years, her long-awaited fourth novel, “Dream Count,” arrives. It tells the story of four women — a ...

Lou Reed did not always live a harmonious life; in fact, it was often his various personal struggles and growth which made him such a talented songwriter. It is easy to imagine the hugely influential ...

Oxygen isotope identity of the Earth and Moon with implications for the formation of the Moon and source of volatiles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2024; 121 (52) DOI: 10.1073 ...

In the literary world, this year is shaping up to be a good one for fans of cultural criticism: There are new books about Better Call Saul and biographies of James Gandolfini and Lorne Michaels on ...

The two landers blasted toward the moon, lifting off in the middle of the night from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 39A with a payload of a pair of lunar ...

SpaceX launched a pair of lunar landers on Wednesday for two separate companies looking to jumpstart business on the Moon. The two landers rocketed away in the middle of the night from NASA’s ...