In May, the Milky Way Galaxy greets late night skygazers. You won't be disappointed at a dark sky site like Shenandoah National Park (SNP). This is a composite of several images of the Milky Way taken ...

Warm mid-August summer nights offer prime conditions for spotting three magnificent star clusters visible to northern-hemisphere skywatchers in the coming months. Star clusters are gravitationally ...

“What’s up in the sky?” is a recurring feature and publishes on the first of every month. You can find it on WTOP’s The Space Place. Email Greg your space questions and he might answer them in the ...

A crescent moon will appear alongside the bright stars Castor and Pollox to form a lopsided grin in the night sky on May 29. Skywatchers in the U.S. will find the cosmic smile hanging above the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The International Space Station (left) and the Tiangong space station (right) will both be ...