If there is one star that serves to announce the arrival of fall as the leaves have begun to turn, unquestionably that title ...

Mercury currently appears as a bright "evening star" in the southwestern sky at sunset. Mercury will reach its greatest ...

Astronomers observed the fading light of supernova SN 2025kg, which followed the fast X-ray transient (FXT) named EP 250108a.

Halloween telescope image reveals bat-shaped stellar nursery where infant stars are born. The cosmic creature spans four full ...

Northern Lights are making a powerful return this week as rare auroral activity lights up the skies across the Northern Hemisphere. At the same time, a striking lineup of seasonal stars is unfolding ...

“What’s up in the sky?” is a recurring feature and publishes on the first of every month. You can find it on WTOP’s The Space Place. Email Greg your space questions and he might answer them in the ...

Stargazers in the U.S. will witness the razor-thin waning crescent moon rise close to Venus and the bright star Regulus in the predawn sky on Sept. 19, while others will see the lunar disk pass ...

A recent survey uncovered several mysterious objects in the night sky, photographed before the first satellite ever made it ...