Michael Roston

New York

Senior Staff Editor, Science at The New York Times

Senior staff editor for Science, The New York Times. Star of the second screen.

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Articles

Elon Musk vs. Jeff Bezos: el clásico espacial del 2025

2 months ago | clarin.com | Michael Roston

El 2025 promete ser un año movido en novedades espaciales y que intensificará la competencia ente los tecnomillonarios que quieren conquistar el Universo. A través de SpaceX, Elon Musk ha dominado en los últimos años los vuelos alrededor del planeta. Pero las ambiciones extraplanetarias del fundador de Amazon, Jeff Bezos, podrían representar pronto un desafío para el dueño de la red social X.
Big rockets, a big telescope and big changes in space await in 2025

Jan 8, 2025 | sanjuandailystar.com | Michael Roston |Katrina Miller

By Michael Roston and Katrina MillerOur species called this latest 366-day journey around the sun “2024” and packed into it a ton of astronomical and spaceflight excitement. A solar eclipse crossed North America. Two robotic landers reached the lunar surface, largely intact. The most powerful rocket booster ever built was caught by a pair of mechanical arms nicknamed “chopsticks.” A journey began to Jupiter’s icy ocean moon Europa. And private astronauts conducted a daring spacewalk.
Jeff Bezos, Trump-Musk e grandes foguetes: o que esperar da corrida espacial em 2025

Jan 6, 2025 | estadao.com.br | Michael Roston |Katrina Miller

Nossa espécie chamou essa última jornada de 366 dias ao redor do Sol de “2024″ e a encheu de muita empolgação astronômica e de voos espaciais. Um eclipse solar cruzou a América do Norte. Dois pousadores robóticos alcançaram a superfície lunar, em grande parte intactos. O propulsor de foguete mais poderoso já construído foi capturado por um par de braços mecânicos apelidados de “palitinhos”. Uma jornada começou até a lua oceânica gelada de Júpiter, a Europa.
lo que viene para el espacio en 2025

Jan 1, 2025 | nytimes.com | Michael Roston |Katrina Miller

A través de SpaceX, Elon Musk ha dominado los vuelos espaciales en el planeta durante los últimos años. Pero las ambiciones extraplanetarias del fundador de Amazon, Jeff Bezos, podrían suponer un desafío para Musk en poco tiempo. La empresa espacial creada por Bezos, Blue Origin, tiene un potente cohete llamado New Glenn que podría despegar por fin en 2025.
Big Rockets, a Big Telescope and Big Changes in Space Await in 2025

Dec 31, 2024 | nytimes.com | Michael Roston |Katrina Miller

Image Through SpaceX, Elon Musk has dominated spaceflight around the planet in recent years. But the extraplanetary ambitions of the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos could present a challenge to Mr. Musk soon. The space company started by Mr. Bezos, Blue Origin, has a powerful rocket called New Glenn that may at last get off the ground in 2025. Like SpaceX's Falcon 9, the booster stage is designed to be fully reusable so it can fly again and again and reduce the cost of launches.
Highlights From the Total Solar Eclipse’s Dark Path Through the U.S., Mexico and Canada - The New York Times

Apr 9, 2024 | nytimes.com | Christopher Maag |Ian Austen |Katrina Miller |Ben Shpigel |Alan Burdick |Michael Roston | +8 more

People all over North America spent the afternoon awed by the movement of the moon’s shadow, the last time it will pass through so much of the continent until the 2040s.
Total Solar Eclipse Races Along Dark Path Through North America

Apr 8, 2024 | myheraldreview.com | Michael Roston |Ben Shpigel

The full force of the moon’s shadow crossed the United States on Monday, as the first total solar eclipse in seven years plunged the day into darkness and reminded all in its path of our planet’s place in the cosmos. Totality reached North America at 2:07 p.m., when the silhouette of the moon ate into the yellow orb of the sun. As the silvery glow of the corona materialized, the temperature dropped and DJs stopped blaring music.
Cities in the eclipse’s path are getting an economic ‘shot in the arm.’

Apr 8, 2024 | flipboard.com | Michael Roston

1 hour agoGraham shared a carousel of photos from her sun-drenched trip to Mexico Heather Graham isn't scared of rocking a bikini! On Sunday, April 7, the actress, 54, shared a carousel of snaps from her Mexico vacation which showed her wearing a cream-colored bikini while smiling and walking on the beach …
The Bright Orange Glow of Re-Entry

Mar 14, 2024 | nytimes.com | Kenneth Chang |Michael Roston

Just past the 45-minute mark of the Starship vehicle's journey through space on Thursday, something eerie happened. As it drifted high above Earth's oceans and clouds, the spacecraft's silvery exterior was overtaken by a brilliant and fiery orange glow. When a spacecraft re-enters the atmosphere, the air beneath it gets hot - hot enough that it turns into a plasma of charged particles as electrons are stripped away from the air molecules.
Space calendar: A marathon to the scintillating moon and solar journeys of 2024

Jan 14, 2024 | telegraphindia.com | Michael Roston

Michael Roston The new year promises more memorable happenings on launchpads, in orbit and around the solar system. Here’s what you may expect in 2024 Michael Roston Published 15.01.24, 09:26 AM A composite image taken by the James Webb Telescope and released by Nasa on May 23, 2023, shows columns of gray gas and dust emerging amid the Eagle Nebula. The columns are often called the "Pillars of Creation".