The new year will be a busy one in the night sky with celestial sights of all types for everyone to enjoy, many of which can ...

New space missions will aim to measure Earth's biomass from space, return stranded astronauts to Earth, and prepare for landing humans on the Moon. DW explains what's in store for 2025.

January 2025 will be an excellent opportunity to spot Mars and some of its details with a medium-sized telescope!

Welcome to WTOP’s inaugural monthly feature of “What’s up in the sky?” Here’s what D.C. stargazers can watch for regarding ...

RCW 120 is an emission nebula and it has a global magnetic field that runs parallel to the Galactic plane. NASA captured this beautiful image of Orion nebulae. This type of nebula forms when the ...

During the early morning of Monday 8 September, the full Moon will move into the shadow of Earth and be totally eclipsed. The ...

From the star-forming Carina Nebula, located 7,600 light-years away, to the dramatic bipolar region Sharpless 2-106, Hubble ...

Even Galileo Galilei—who used his telescope in 1609 to challenge the view that the cosmos is static ... The database now ...

Naz warns to steer clear of cheap telescopes that seem too good to be true, as their optics often disappoint. Instead, look ...

Scots will be treated to a rare lunar phenomenon tonight, as a 'black moon' is set to give give stargazers a unique view of ...

Another significant lunar first came later in the year when China’s Chang’e-6 mission successfully returned samples back to ...

This unusual astronomical event, occurring only once every 29 months, has fascinated humans for centuries.