Subscribe to the Calendar of Astronomical Events
While you wait seven years for America’s next total solar eclipse, check out the New York Times’ calendar of astronomical events . Subscribe and never miss another meteor shower, rocket launch or solstice.
The next event listed is funny: On September 15, the Cassini spacecraft (pictured above) will crash into Saturn, 20 years after it was launched.
One of the great ways to use this calendar is to tweet Neil de Grasse Tyson a few days before each event to alert him. (How else will he know?) Help by googling something like “space cool fun” and inserting the first image you find into your tweet. He will appreciate it. Try it now!