WATCH the shocking moment a rare black whole gobbles up a star and causes an earth-shattering explosion in a stunning new ...

NASA's telescopes and spacecraft have captured stunning images showcasing the universe's beauty and complexity. These visuals ...

Nasa's powerful James Webb Space Telescope is showing us something humankind has never witnessed firsthand before: The birth ...

New research has revealed that mysterious ‘rogue planets’ could be assembling scaled-down planetary systems of their own.

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

All these great sci-fi quotes... like tears in the rain. Perhaps more than any other genre of movie, science-fiction films ...

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.

The famous ring system has opened slightly from its edge-on appearance last spring; however, the rings are still ... find this yellow-orange planet positioned about 3.5 degrees to the upper right of 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 ...

Mars remains an evening fixture, Saturn is nearing opposition, and Venus and Jupiter meet in the predawn sky Aug. 12.

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

In August, the most beautiful scenery and impressive celestial events are to be enjoyed before dawn—along with much more ...