Today: One minor Harry Potter character actually has two well-known star names: Regulus Arcturus Black, the brother of Sirius Black who is Harry Potter’s godfather.

The constellation of Orion is home to some of the brightest and most iconic stars in the night sky. Among these stellar ...

Greetings! Your early morning eastern sky is filled with very bright stars and planets and it’s worth getting up and having a ...

What could we choose as the seven most remarkable celestial objects visible either with our eyes or with a small telescope?

Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune — will briefly appear in the sky on the same night, starting Sunday (Aug ...

This rare planetary alignment will be visible from August 10 but will be best viewed later in the month. Here’s everything ...

Jupiter's four Galilean moons will line up in front of Jupiter in the early morning sky on Aug. 8. The predawn hours of Aug. 8 present a perfect opportunity to see Jupiter's four largest moons line up ...

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, ...

First, let’s start with the good news. As with August stargazing any year, there’s still plenty of summer and great summer ...

On August 10, six planets — Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune — will line up in an arc in the night sky.

Hubble’s sharp gaze reveals NGC 45’s feathery arms and glowing star-forming regions. Far from an ordinary spiral, it’s a rare ...

As the Moon reaches New, advanced observers can try photographing 3I/ATLAS while everyone can enjoy nebulae and more in the sky this week.