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Moving through western Aquarius, 89 Julia is visible all night and points the way to two bright Messier objects nearby.
With the new moon darkening the skies, you’ll have a rare shot at spotting the Milky Way, deep-sky galaxies, and even the ...
Saturn’s moon Iapetus is visible close to the ringed world today, along with several other of the planet’s brighter moons.
This rare planetary alignment will be visible from August 10 but will be best viewed later in the month. Here’s everything ...
This month, the full moon peaked just before 4 a.m. ET on Saturday morning, Aug. 9. But Americans have been treated to a ...
August’s Sturgeon Moon illuminated the night sky, dazzling stargazers around the world. The moon reached peak fullness in the ...
Six planets will be visibly aligned in the night sky in August, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and ...
The meteors are called the Perseids because they appear to radiate from the constellation Perseus, which at that time of ...
First, let’s start with the good news. As with August stargazing any year, there’s still plenty of summer and great summer ...
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, ...