Jupiter’s Great Red Spot (GRS) has fascinated astronomers for over 150 years. This massive storm, large enough to engulf ...

A ‘planetary parade’ is a rare celestial event which looks as if all the planets, have been aligned on a single line, very ...

Formerly the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, the observatory was renamed in 2020 to honor Vera Rubin, who died at 88 in 2016 ...

The new year will bring a pair of lunar eclipses, but don’t expect any sun-disappearing acts like the one that mesmerized North America last spring.

On the evening of Jan. 10, Venus will reach its greatest eastern elongation — its easternmost distance from the sun. This is ...

2025 opens with the chance to spot upwards of six planets together in the night sky. According to the Farmer’s Almanac, ...

Some stargazers are calling it a planetary parade: Every other planet in our solar system can be seen in the sky tonight.

The telescope will catalogue billions of new objects and produce a new map of the entire night sky every three days with the largest digital camera ever made.

Welcome to WTOP’s inaugural monthly feature of “What’s up in the sky?” Here’s what D.C. stargazers can watch for regarding ...

Witness a lunar occultation of both Mars and the Pleiades; plus, Mars reaches opposition and Venus and Saturn sit close ...

18; Saturn will be nearly 11° below Venus on Jan. 31. A telescope reveals Saturn’s closing rings, 4° from edgewise on Jan. 7, through 3° on Jan. 28. • Very faint magnitude 7.8 Neptune in Pisces; and 5 ...