Sturgeon Moon, the second full moon of summer, will lighten up the sky on Saturday, August 9. Why is it called Sturgeon Moon?

Mercury begins to emerge from the dawn glow after Aug. 12. On Aug. 19, Mercury reaches its greatest elongation west of the ...

Marvel has been at the top of the sales charts for decades now, but the quality of the books hasn’t actually fit the sales in years. That’s not to say that every Marvel book is bad, but the last few ...

The astrology forecast for August 2025 brings the end of Mercury retrograde and some of the year's luckiest alignments, ...

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, stars and Perseid meteor shower.

PAC does not overlap with other areas of interest to human activity. PAC is the only area of the far side that will never be ...

It has a been an active summer in terms of meteor showers, and August is no different. How to watch the Perseids, details on ...

I was living at 537 W. Deming in the Lincoln Park section of Chicago in the summer of 1995. The address and city rate mention ...

August brings Saturn and Neptune together, offers two shadow transits of Titan, and sees a conjunction of Venus and Jupiter.

The moon is new on August 23. Back in the evening sky, the thin crescent moon will pass three degrees south of Mars in the ...

Liam Neeson reflected on the moment he fell in love with his costar-turned-wife Natasha Richardson, whom he was married to until her death in 2009.