The Constellation https://theconstellation.news/ 2026-07-20T13:00:00-04:00 The Observatory: A rocket that lands itself, and a Venus mission saved from a five-year miss https://theconstellation.news/briefings/2026-07-20/observatory.html 2026-07-20T13:00:00-04:00 The Dispatch: Washington argues over prices and time, while New York counts the cost of its own government https://theconstellation.news/briefings/2026-07-20/dispatch.html 2026-07-20T13:00:00-04:00 The Seminar: The substance that may not exist https://theconstellation.news/briefings/2026-07-20/seminar.html 2026-07-20T07:00:00-04:00 Scenes: The bells that keep sounding https://theconstellation.news/briefings/2026-07-20/scenes.html 2026-07-20T07:00:00-04:00 The Gallery: A poem, a painting, and a nebula in print https://theconstellation.news/briefings/2026-07-20/gallery.html 2026-07-20T07:00:00-04:00 The Docket: Two opinions, closely read https://theconstellation.news/briefings/2026-07-20/docket.html 2026-07-20T07:00:00-04:00 Oddities: A squid, a shipwreck, and a spreadsheet https://theconstellation.news/briefings/2026-07-20/oddities.html 2026-07-20T01:00:00-04:00 The Morning Brief: Around the chokepoint, back from the brink https://theconstellation.news/briefings/2026-07-20/morning-brief.html 2026-07-20T01:30:00-04:00 The Observatory: The sky's new ten-year eye, and the astronomer it is named for https://theconstellation.news/briefings/2026-07-19/observatory.html 2026-07-19T13:00:00-04:00 The Dispatch: Washington leans on the states; New York writes its own rules https://theconstellation.news/briefings/2026-07-19/dispatch.html 2026-07-19T13:00:00-04:00 The Seminar: What the Stone Still Says https://theconstellation.news/briefings/2026-07-19/seminar.html 2026-07-19T07:00:00-04:00 Scenes: The War Over Who Saves the Bees https://theconstellation.news/briefings/2026-07-19/scenes.html 2026-07-19T07:00:00-04:00 The Gallery: A Song, a Cyclops, and the Flora of Java https://theconstellation.news/briefings/2026-07-19/gallery.html 2026-07-19T07:00:00-04:00 The Docket: Two Ways to Lose Before the Merits https://theconstellation.news/briefings/2026-07-19/docket.html 2026-07-19T07:00:00-04:00 Oddities: A craze, a quorum, and a clever bee https://theconstellation.news/briefings/2026-07-19/oddities.html 2026-07-19T01:00:00-04:00 The Morning Brief: Off the front page https://theconstellation.news/briefings/2026-07-19/morning-brief.html 2026-07-19T01:30:00-04:00 The Observatory: Two first flights, half a century apart https://theconstellation.news/briefings/2026-07-18/observatory.html 2026-07-18T13:00:00-04:00 The Dispatch: Two U.S. troops killed as the war with Iran widens https://theconstellation.news/briefings/2026-07-18/dispatch.html 2026-07-18T13:00:00-04:00 The Seminar: Agrostology and the trillion-tree fight https://theconstellation.news/briefings/2026-07-18/seminar.html 2026-07-18T07:00:00-04:00 Scenes: The exhibition budgerigar, bred to the edge of viability https://theconstellation.news/briefings/2026-07-18/scenes.html 2026-07-18T07:00:00-04:00 The Gallery: Herbert & Hiroshige https://theconstellation.news/briefings/2026-07-18/gallery.html 2026-07-18T07:00:00-04:00 The Docket: FERC's backdated refunds, and Roundup preemption https://theconstellation.news/briefings/2026-07-18/docket.html 2026-07-18T07:00:00-04:00 Oddities: Three things worth knowing today https://theconstellation.news/briefings/2026-07-18/oddities.html 2026-07-18T01:00:00-04:00 The Morning Brief: A frozen recycling law, and a dinosaur named from one bone https://theconstellation.news/briefings/2026-07-18/morning-brief.html 2026-07-18T01:30:00-04:00 The Morning Brief: A robotaxi's remote watcher, and New Caledonia's dead deal https://theconstellation.news/briefings/2026-07-17/morning-brief.html 2026-07-17T01:30:00-04:00