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With the new moon darkening the skies, you’ll have a rare shot at spotting the Milky Way, deep-sky galaxies, and even the ...
The night sky is about to deliver a rapid-fire series of spectacles, giving stargazers three reasons to look up over just ...
First, let’s start with the good news. As with August stargazing any year, there’s still plenty of summer and great summer ...
When the moon completes the first quarter of its journey around Earth this morning at 5:41 a.m. Its 90-degree angle between ...
The first of two Titan shadow transits this month occurs this morning — can you catch the big, black shadow crossing Saturn’s ...
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, ...
Jupiter and Venus, the two brightest planets in our solar system, should be widely visible for much of August in the northern hemisphere.
There's plenty to see in the night sky in August 2025, ranging from planetary conjunctions to spotting the Dumbbell Nebula.
Here is your August 2025 guide for celestial events. The year will feature 12 full Moons, plenty of meteor showers, four ...
It’s hard to beat a summer night beneath the stars, especially in August, when the shimmery Milky Way core is at its ...
This year, the sturgeon moon falls in Aquarius, an air sign and the 11th sign of the zodiac. It's opposite Leo, a fire sign. ...