With the new moon darkening the skies, you’ll have a rare shot at spotting the Milky Way, deep-sky galaxies, and even the ...

The night sky is about to deliver a rapid-fire series of spectacles, giving stargazers three reasons to look up over just ...

First, let’s start with the good news. As with August stargazing any year, there’s still plenty of summer and great summer ...

The solar system’s most distant planet sits 1.1° due north of Saturn, placing them together in a single telescopic field of view all night.

The Sturgeon Moon is best seen from an elevated location, like an open field or an east-facing coastline with a clear view of ...

August's full moon is known as the sturgeon moon, thanks to the giant fish that were once plentiful this time of the year in the northeastern U.S.

Jupiter and Venus, the two brightest planets in our solar system, should be widely visible for much of August in the northern hemisphere.

It’s hard to beat a summer night beneath the stars, especially in August, when the shimmery Milky Way core is at its ...

There's plenty to see in the night sky in August 2025, ranging from planetary conjunctions to spotting the Dumbbell Nebula.

A pair of celestial events will occur in coming days, as August’s full moon and the peak of the Perseids meteor shower are ...

In this edition of WTOP’s monthly space feature, “What’s up in the sky?” Greg Redfern tells you how to see the moon, planets, ...

The first of two Titan shadow transits this month occurs this morning — can you catch the big, black shadow crossing Saturn’s ...