If you've stepped outside after dark this week and spotted an eye-catching bright 'star' in the eastern sky, you've almost certainly been looking at Jupiter - and this week is the best time of the ...

The star will be visible tonight, appearing slightly above the rising moon. Optimal viewing time for Regulus is around 8:50 p.m. local time. In some parts of the world, the moon will pass in front of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Skywatchers looking east a couple of hours after dark this ...

Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky, located 8.6 light-years away in the constellation Canis Major. What looks like one star is actually two: Sirius A, a large, luminous star about twice the ...

“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 ...

For a large part of the 2025 season, much of the attention garnered by the Seattle Mariners centered around their All-Star catcher, Cal Raleigh, and his quest for 60 home runs and the MVP Award. And ...

COPENHAGEN, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Denmark's second-biggest airport, Billund, was briefly shut early on Friday following a report of illegal drone activity that police later identified as "a shining star ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. As autumn nights grow longer, one of the sky’s brightest ...

If you were up before dawn, then you were lucky enough to see a breathtaking celestial sight. Many early-morning stargazers captured striking images of an eye-catching conjunction of the moon with ...

A conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets – or, in this case, other celestial bodies – appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. The trio of ...

A conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets – or, in this case, other celestial bodies – appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. The trio of ...