In the early hours ofNovember 25, 2025, stargazers will have the rare opportunity to witness two of our solar system’s ...

Such events are called conjunctions, and they take place when, from Earth’s perspective, two objects in the sky seem to line ...

“What’s up in the sky?” 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 ...

The Moon is now situated between magnitude 1.1 Saturn and magnitude –4.5 Venus in the east an hour before dawn. If you were outside yesterday morning, you’ll note that the Moon is now a thinner ...

Two bright spots in your dark, pre-sunrise skies could very well be Venus and Jupiter, which are appearing very close together despite being millions of miles apart. Jupiter and Venus will appear at ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Look to the east before sunrise on June 22 to catch the delicate form of the crescent moon ...

There are a lot of things in Earth's night sky, and every now and again, they line up in such a way to give us all a little bit of a giggle. On the nights of Thursday 24 and Friday 25 April, just such ...

A slim crescent moon, the planet Venus, and the star Regulus will appear close together in the eastern sky before dawn on Friday, September 19. Binoculars or a small telescope can enhance the view, ...

Venus and Jupiter exhibit a close planetary conjunction in the pre-dawn eastern sky during early August. The apparent angular separation between the two planets decreases progressively from 5.5° on ...