EditorialA barrier marks the border between McAllen, Texas, left, and Reynosa, Mexico, right, on the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge, May 11, 2023.. (Veronica G. Cardenas/The New York Times)
EditorialAn artist’s rendering of the OSIRIS-REX spacecraft descending toward the asteroid Bennu to collect a surface sample. (NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona via The New York Times)
EditorialA photo provided by NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona shows the asteroid Bennu, viewed from the OSIRIS-REX spacecraft from about 186 miles in March, which scientists say has a small chance of colliding with Earth in the 2100s. (NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona via The New York Times)
EditorialA photo provided by NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona shows the asteroid Bennu, viewed from the OSIRIS-REX spacecraft from about 186 miles in March, which scientists say has a small chance of colliding with Earth in the 2100s. (NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona via The New York Times)
EditorialA photo provided by NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona shows the asteroid Bennu, viewed from the OSIRIS-REX spacecraft from about 186 miles in March, which scientists say has a small chance of colliding with Earth in the 2100s. (NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona via The New York Times)
EditorialA top-down view of asteroid Bennu from the OSIRIS-REX spacecraft from a distance of about 186 miles on March 4, before a final flyby that took place April 7. (NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona via The New York Times)
EditorialA top-down view of asteroid Bennu from the OSIRIS-REX spacecraft from a distance of about 186 miles on March 4, before a final flyby that took place April 7. (NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona via The New York Times)
EditorialA mosaic image provided by NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona, of asteroid Bennu composed of 12 PolyCam images, by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from a range of 15 miles. (NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona via The New York Times)