To close out the first quarter, the Aces were tied with the Mercury, 20-20. To start the second quarter, the Aces were down as 30-24 with 7:05 left in the half.

This rare planetary alignment will be visible from August 10 but will be best viewed later in the month. Here’s everything ...

However, during its evening appearances, Mercury always appears brightest in the days leading up to its greatest elongation. On June 20, it shone at magnitude -0.2, brighter than the similarly ...

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 Aces’ bench would begin to heat up in the fourth quarter, lead by Bell’s eight points, but they were still outscored by the Mercury 28-14 from their reserves. Turnover problems ...

Naked-eye planets As July opens, Mercury can be spotted at dusk, mimicking a bright star hovering very low above the western horizon; it sets a few minutes after 10 p.m. or 1½ hours after sunset.

Four of these planets – Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn – will be visible to the naked eye, while Uranus and Neptune can ...

Many people have never noticed that Mercury swings rapidly back and forth relative to the sun in our sky, while moving along in an orbit scarcely more than half as far from the sun as Venus. This ...