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

Skywatchers are in for a rare treat this August as six planets align in a stunning arc across the night sky. This planetary ...

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, ...

Key Takeaways: Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, March 14 The Moon reaches Full phase early this morning at 2:55 A.M. EDT, with a total lunar eclipse underway.

Greetings! Your early morning eastern sky is filled with very bright stars and planets and it’s worth getting up and having a ...

When the moon completes the first quarter of its journey around Earth this morning at 5:41 a.m. Its 90-degree angle between ...

Our planet itself is located along one of the galaxy’s spiral arms, about halfway from the center, according to NASA. The Milky Way sits in a cosmic neighborhood called the Local Group that ...

Comprised of billions of stars, the Milky Way galaxy got its name because from our perspective on Earth, it appears as a faint band of light stretching across the entire sky. During “Milky Way ...

M108 is a spiral galaxy nicknamed the "Surfboard Galaxy" due to its tilted appearance. It's relatively close to Earth, at 28.7 million light-years away. M108 is quite bright (magnitude 10.0) and ...

The eQuinox 2 is a powerful smart telescope that can find a vast number of deep-space objects with ease. It is especially ...

The sky in Modesto and Sacramento is expected to be cloudless on Tuesday night, when the best galaxy viewing conditions begin, according to to the National Weather Service’s seven-day forecast.

But his greatest passion is the genuine article, the real night sky. Roughly 80 percent of North America has lost its view of the Milky Way, but Maine is home to some of the darkest nights east of the ...