Aug. 12-13 — Peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower. Perseids are fragments shed by comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. Every August, ...

In August Mars gets lost as it sinks deep into the sun’s afterglow. Meanwhile, Jupiter climbs above the predawn eastern horizon to join brilliant Venus.

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Another (and, in our view, more important) source of energy for life on Iceheim is the heat coming from its core, underneath ...

August will bring a moon‑lit tug of war to Summit County’s night sky, pitting one of the brightest full Moons of the year ...

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

Fresh off the excitement of the Perseids meteor shower is a chance to see six planets lined up in the sky at once. These ...

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.

Each evening throughout the month of August, we can see the planet Mars in the western sky after sunset. To find it, look for ...

Beginning around Aug. 12 and continuing through at least Aug. 26, the innermost planet, Mercury, will poke above the east-northeast horizon about 45 to 90 minutes before sunrise and will be evident ...

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