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Tucked away along the bustling Port of Los Angeles sits a seafood lover’s paradise where plastic chairs replace leather booths, where your meal arrives on metal trays instead of fine china, and where ...
In Atlanta’s Inman Park neighborhood, a nautical-themed gem awaits seafood lovers. BeetleCat isn’t just another restaurant—it ...
The first of two Titan shadow transits this month occurs this morning — can you catch the big, black shadow crossing Saturn’s ...
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.
It's the first time in 15 years that the southern face of Saturn's rings will reach a tilt of 3". It will be visible through ...
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, ...
The idea of colonizing gas giants like Neptune and Uranus is often overlooked, with most of the focus on their moons like Triton. But what if the planets themselves, specifically Neptune, could become ...
August brings Saturn and Neptune together, offers two shadow transits of Titan, and sees a conjunction of Venus and Jupiter.
Whether reading a book or listening to a podcast, the goal is the same: understanding. But these activities support ...
Astronomers may have captured the rare moment of a planet forming around a young star, HD 135344B, 440 light-years away. Using the powerful ERIS instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, they spotted ...