How to Watch the Quadrantids Meteor Shower, First of 2025, Peak Tonight
The Quadrantids might be one of the strongest showers this year, but poor weather could make them difficult to see.The…
Sync Your Calendar With the Solar System
The New York Times has offered this calendar to readers since 2017. It’s a collection of newsworthy events in spaceflight…
Jan. 2-3: The Quadrantid meteor shower will reach its peak.
Active from Dec. 26, 2024, to Jan. 16. Peak night: Jan. 2 to 3.The Quadrantids, which the International Meteor Organization…
Big Rockets, a Big Telescope and Big Changes in Space Await in 2025
Our species called this latest 366-day journey around the sun “2024” and packed into it a ton of astronomical and…
Jimmy Carter’s Quiet but Monumental Work in Global Health
In his decades as a former president, he and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, helped bring lifesaving treatments and sanitation to…
In a Political Year, Some Deaths Spoke to the Struggles for Democracy
Among the notable figures who died in a sometimes polarizing 2024, many championed justice, equal rights and political freedom.In a…
Blue Origin Is Ready to Launch New Glenn Rocket After Critical Test
The company, owned by the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, also received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to launch the…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Sends Signal Home
The probe sent a signal to Earth indicating that it had survived the closest solar encounter ever attempted by a…
In a Political Year, Some Deaths Spoke to the Struggles for Democracy
Among the notable figures who died in a sometimes polarizing 2024, many championed justice, equal rights and political freedom.In a…
Berrien Moore III Is Dead
As a researcher at several universities and an adviser at NASA, he used data analysis to show how the planet’s…