Astronomical events for August 2026: Meteor showers, eclipses and a Sturgeon Moon This month doubles up on eclipses, meteor showers and planetary elongations It’s time again to try…
Read more Meteor showers, eclipses and a Sturgeon Moon: What’s happening in the night sky in August 2026?Planets, meteor shower, and a Buck Moon: Astronomical events for July 2026 Time for some summer stargazing Updated: 4:57 PM PDT Jul 10, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Time…
Read more Planets, meteor shower, and a Buck Moon: Astronomical events for July 2026Astronomers have uncovered a pair of giant planets that are lighter than cotton candy — super-puffs the size of Jupiter. The featherweight pair — orbiting a star 1,110…
Read more Astronomers find biggest super-puff planets yet that are lighter than cotton candyThis is the sun’s time to shine: Sunday is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Sunday is the solstice, marking the start of astronomical…
Read more Sunday to mark the longest day of the year for half the planetOn March 3, skywatchers in North America, Australia, New Zealand, and eastern Asia will be treated to a special total lunar eclipse when the full Moon will don…
Read more The Good—and Bad—News About Next Week’s Total Lunar EclipseNEW YORK — The first solar eclipse of the year will grace Antarctica, and only a lucky few will get to bask — or waddle — in its…
Read more A ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse will dazzle people and penguins in AntarcticaNEW YORK — A new high-resolution map of distant galaxies may help scientists understand a mysterious invisible substance that helps hold the universe together. The ordinary matter all…
Read more Mysterious dark matter may be better understood through a new map of far-off galaxiesOutschool has announced a one-of-a-kind virtual event that will allow learners around the world to communicate live with a simulated Mars mission, complete with a real Earth-to-Mars communication delay.…
Read more Parenting 101: Outschool’s free mission to MarsWinds exceeding 110 mph that tore across the top of Mount Hamilton early Christmas morning blasted a massive steel protective door off the iconic white dome at Lick…
Read more Wind-battered Lick Observatory rushes to shield historic telescope after dome damageNEW YORK — The year’s first supermoon and meteor shower will sync up in January skies, but the light from one may dim the other. The Quadrantid meteor…
Read more The year’s first meteor shower and supermoon clash in January skiesCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The moon and sun share top billing in 2026. Kicking off the year’s cosmic wonders is the moon, drawing the first astronauts to visit…
Read more The moon and sun figure big in the new year’s lineup of cosmic wondersYes the darkest day of the year is here, but that means brighter days are ahead. Sunday is the shortest day of the year north of the equator,…
Read more Shortest day of the year descending on Northern Hemisphere: what to knowCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Saturn’s giant moon Titan may not have a vast underground ocean after all. Titan instead may hold deep layers of ice and slush more…
Read more Saturn’s moon Titan may not have a buried ocean as long suspected, new study suggestsCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A stray comet from another star swings past Earth this week in one last hurrah before racing back toward interstellar space. Discovered over the…
Read more Interstellar comet keeps its distance as it makes its closest approach to EarthThis combination of ultraviolet spectrum images provided by NASA shows atmospheric features of the planet Mars in July 2022, left, during the southern hemisphere’s summer season, and the…
Read more NASA loses contact with its Maven spacecraft orbiting Mars for the past decadeColorado winters in the mountains are beautiful, but not every view can be seen during the day. There are times at night when the full moon illuminates a…
Read more Meteor shower, super moon, lunar eclipse; Colorado’s winter night skies will blow you awayThis year’s WTOP “Gift Ideas for Stargazers,” coincides with Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, to possibly help get the best deals for that special someone on your…
Read more What to get the stargazer in your life for the holidays in 2025 – WTOP NewsCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA’s Perseverance rover. The crackling…
Read more Scientists capture the crackling sounds of what they believe is lightning on MarsAstronomers have spent nearly a century searching for dark matter, the invisible scaffolding thought to hold galaxies together. While there’s abundant indirect evidence to suggest this mysterious substance…
Read more Controversial New Study Points to the Most Promising Dark Matter Signal YetCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA unveiled close-up pictures on Wednesday of the interstellar comet that’s making a quick one-and-done tour of the solar system. Discovered over the summer,…
Read more NASA unveils close-up pictures of the comet popping by from another star
