“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 ...

The brilliant Leonid meteor shower is set to peak late this weekend against the ideal backdrop of a waning crescent moon and two colorful Taurid meteor showers — that are shooting golden fireballs ...

Are you a night owl or an early riser who likes to look at the night sky? Keep an eye out on Sunday and Monday nights because from midnight into the pre-dawn hours, the annual Leonid meteor shower is ...

Catch the wolf supermoon and Quadrantid meteor shower as January’s night sky puts on a celestial double feature.

The month brings a spectacular lineup of celestial sights—including a rare chance to see Mercury without a telescope and a "micro" new moon. A super “beaver moon” rises behind Monte Prena in Italy’s ...

Amid tonight's waning crescent moon phase — a very thin sliver of light — you may catch site of the bright Leonid meteor shower that peaked this week and remains active until Nov. 30 or the Northern ...

The first nights of 2026 are set to deliver a rare double feature in the sky, as a bright supermoon lines up with the peak of ...

The spectacular Geminid meteor shower of 2025 kicks off Thursday night, Dec. 4, with shooting stars and bright multi-colored fireballs expected to light up the December sky amid tonight's full moon ...

Comet Lemmon and Comet SWAN will be visible in tonight's Halloween sky amid a waxing gibbous moon phase with shooting stars and zooming meteors from the Taurid meteor showers throughout the weekend — ...