The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the long-lived Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have been providing amazing images to earthbound viewers for some time now. Along with other instruments, these ...

Stars and planets are lining up for the change of seasons during the Northern Hemisphere's autumnal equinox this year.

“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 ...

The weather seems to have skipped a month as the oppressive heat of summer fades into the past, and that’s OK with me. Unfortunately, the last days of summer also bring us to the most rapid loss of ...

Michigan missed out on a recent "blood moon" lunar eclipse, but just after the official start of fall the year's first supermoon will rise in the night sky. The harvest moon is the first of three ...

Bright nighttime skies are on the way in Michigan as the year's first full supermoon will rise in the sky Monday, astronomers ...

If it seems like the sunrise or sunset has been happening a little faster as of late you’re not imagining things. That’s because the fastest sunrises and sunsets occur around the equinoxes. As ...

Peak sunshine has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere — the summer solstice. Friday is the longest day of the year north of the equator, where the solstice marks the start of astronomical summer. It's ...

Monday, Sept. 22 is the autumn equinox, marking the first day of astronomical fall. Beginning dates of meteorological and astronomical fall are different every year. What will Florida temperatures be ...

Celebrate the autumn equinox with an evening of science, beer, and fun! Join us for two fascinating talks by WashU researchers: “How to Spot an Alien?” — Mikhail Tikhonov (Associate Professor) will ...