We’ve been receiving calls into the WTOP Newsroom reporting phenomena in the skies that people can’t explain — but our space expert can.

The search for the biblical Star of Bethlehem has long hovered between faith and astronomy, but a new claim from a NASA comet ...

Find out what is visible in the night sky tonight, with guidance on locating Lacerta and other key constellations before the moon rises ...

Jupiter and Sirius rise after dark this month, creating a striking duo that are obvious candidates for a modern-day ...

All 88 internationally recognised constellations have European origins. But First Nations astronomy tells older, beautiful ...

The article provides guidance for observing multiple deep-sky objects, including open clusters M36, M37, and M38 in Auriga, and the dwarf planet 1 Ceres in Cetus, noting its proximity to the double ...

“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 ...

As one half of the International Gemini Observatory, the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii provides astronomers with a window into the distant universe, from growing stars to evolving galaxies. Its ...

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