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Jan. 4: Earth will be at its closest point to the sun

Drenching rains forecast to pummel California on Wednesday and again over the weekend are poised to be the third and fourth major storms to march through in less than two weeks, raising...

NASA upgraded the Apollo 7 astronauts’ medals to the Distinguished Service citation at an October 2008 ceremony, citing the mission’s success, notwithstanding the arguments with flight controllers. But Mr. Cunningham was the...

New RocketsNASA got its giant Space Launch System off the ground for the first time in 2022, lighting up the night in Florida with an incredible stream of flame as it carried...

surfacingUsing a tiny device called a Raspberry Shake, people around the world are tuning in to the earth’s vibrations.By Madeleine MorleyPhotographs by Peter FisherJan. 3, 2023Everything felt still while Marc Cesaire, a...

Jump to:The New York Times has offered this calendar to readers since 2017. It is a collection of newsworthy events in spaceflight and astronomy curated by the paper’s journalists.It will be updated...

On any given night, far from bright city lights, there’s a chance that you’ll see a beautiful streak shoot across the sky as a meteor flies overhead. But on special dates scattered...

Active from Dec. 28, 2022, to Jan. 12, 2023. Peak night: Jan. 3 to 4The year starts with the Quadrantid meteor shower, named after Quadrans Muralis, an archaic constellation that modern astronomers...

The forbidding frozen wilderness of the high Arctic tundra is the natural home of the snowy owl, a great predator perfectly adapted to hunting its primary food source, lemmings.But sometime over the...

This documentary follows a couple’s efforts to reintroduce an ocelot, headed to a zoo or worse, into its home in the Peruvian Amazon.