"Sunlight" beams off a partly cloudy Atlantic Ocean just after sunrise as the International Space Station orbited 263 miles ...
The night sky tonight and on any clear night offers an ever-changing display of fascinating objects you can see, from stars ...
Mercury, Venus, Saturn and Jupiter can be seen with the naked eye; Uranus and Neptune with binoculars or a telecscope.
A stunning “ring of fire” eclipse was totally visible to a lucky few in the Southern Hemisphere. Here’s how to see the next one ...
Did you see it?Multiple reports came in overnight of a fireball meteor lighting up skies across Ohio.Viewers sent in videos from doorbell cameras in Highland and Clinton counties, showing the fireball ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A planet parade — mistakenly called a planetary alignment by ...
The elder of the Duplass brothers adapts comedian Adam Cayton-Holland’s sensitive look at how a nominally functional family copes with a sudden loss. In the movie, the main character is named Aaron ...
If you've never seen the moon occult a bright star, tonight (Feb. 2, 2026) could be a night to remember — if geography is kind to you. Skywatchers in parts of North America and northwest Africa will ...
“Eyes to the Skies” 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 next ...
Planets are the headliners for February's celestial show. Shortly after sunset, most of the planets of our solar system will be visible in the night sky, including Mercury, which is usually difficult ...
February begins with snow on the ground in some parts of the world and a Snow Moon illuminating the night sky. On Sunday, Feb. 1, February's full moon, also known as the Snow Moon, will reach its peak ...
Although the International Space Station is hundreds of miles above Earth’s surface, it’s still possible to catch a distant glimpse. The ISS, which has been orbiting Earth for more than 25 years, ...