“When it’s brightest, Venus appears as an eerily eye-catching beacon,“ EarthSky wrote. ”Many mistake it for a UFO. It’s ...

The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

Last fall, the scientific community went into a minor frenzy. A hunk of interstellar material had been sucked into the ...

Canadian astronomers have taken an extraordinary step in understanding how planets are born, using the James Webb Space ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a football field as they try to determine how likely it is to strike Earth in ...

Take advantage of a special 6-7 planet alignment from Earth's perspective. Planets 'line up' in the skies over California in February.

A moon rock signifying NASA's lunar ambitions ... "We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars," Trump said as ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

ALIENS could discover humans on Earth by spotting one of 12 signs, scientists say. Topping the list is a clue that could be ...

“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 ...

Saturday, Feb. 1's crescent moon will dazzle alongside Venus according to Joe Rao, New York meteorologist, astronomy expert, and local broadcasting legend. Look towards the west-southwest sky as ...