The JWST tracks a path right-to-left across the eastern horizon in the hours following sunset in January. On Jan. 19 it will ...

Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes ...

Hoping for a glimpse of the Milky Way? These user-friendly apps help stargazers learn more about objects in the sky, check ...

Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes ...

In February, you’ll be able to see Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and Mercury with the naked eye, but you’ll need binoculars or a ...

We’ve been receiving calls into the WTOP Newsroom reporting phenomena in the skies that people can’t explain — but our space expert can. Night time sky gazers can see meteors — bright and dim, ...

From Jupiter at its brightest to a dazzling Saturn-Moon-Neptune alignment, here’s what to watch in the night sky.

As I stumbled over rocks through pitch darkness, following a guy I had just met online, I began to question my life choices. It was the middle of the night, and I was wandering through a remote desert ...

I don’t know anyone who isn’t stunned by the brilliance of the winter night sky. At this time of year, the stars seem to sparkle more than at any other, and many folks think this is due to the cold ...

From volcanic landscapes to world-class observatories, a journey through the Canary Islands reveals a night sky unlike ...