"Upcoming Celestial Highlights: Your 2024 Astronomy Guide"

The New York Times has released a comprehensive calendar of space and astronomy events for 2024, including meteor showers, eclipses, and spacecraft launches. Highlights include Earth's closest approach to the sun on January 3, the Quadrantid meteor shower peaking on January 3-4, the launch of the new Vulcan rocket, and Axiom Space's crewed mission to the ISS. The calendar also notes the total solar eclipse on April 8, the potential launch of NASA's Artemis II mission around the moon in November, and various other celestial events and space missions throughout the year. Readers are encouraged to bookmark the page or subscribe to the interactive feed for regular updates.