Several celestial phenomena will occur throughout August 2025 & can be enjoyed with the naked eye without the need for a ...

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

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

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

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

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

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.

July 2025 might be considered a "slack month" so far as planet viewing is concerned ... But, of course, it's the telescopic view of Saturn that we long for. This July we see the famous rings tipped ...

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.

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

On August 12, the conjunction of Venus and Jupiter (noted above) will be positioned such that Venus will appear bright while Jupiter takes on a golden glow. The conjunction of the moon and the planet ...