Mercury currently appears as a bright "evening star" in the southwestern sky at sunset. Mercury will reach its greatest ...

Find out what's up in your night sky during November 2025 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.

Full Supermoon . See the biggest and brightest moon of the year—the full supermoon—on the evening of Nov. 5. The moon will officially reach its fullest state at 8:19 a ...

The month brings a spectacular lineup of celestial sights—including a rare chance to see Mercury without a telescope and a ...

“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 ...

This star chart shows the constellation Perseus, visible in the northeast on fall nights nights. The Double Cluster is ...

“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 ...

Sirius, also called the Dog Star, is the brightest star in Earth's night sky. Shining more brilliantly than any other star visible from Earth (excluding our sun, of course), Sirius is outshone only by ...

Is tonight a full moon? Here's when, what time to watch Comet Lemmon and zooming fireballs in the sky from Taurid meteor ...

Two bright spots in your dark, pre-sunrise skies could very well be Venus and Jupiter, which are appearing very close together despite being millions of miles apart. Jupiter and Venus will appear at ...

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 ...