“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 ...

“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 ...

When the moon is nearly between Earth and the sun, one side of the moon faces the sun, and that side is illuminated, but the side the Earth sees is dark. This is called the new moon phase of the lunar ...

You’ve probably seen a few headlines and social media posts about a planetary parade unfolding this week, many of them talking of “six planets set to align perfectly in the night sky." It's what's ...

Six planets are linking up in the sky on Saturday, and most will be visible to the naked eye.Related video above: The dark energy pushing our universe apart may not be what it seems, scientists ...

Stargazers can get a rare glimpse of several planets aligning this week. The event is referred to as a planetary parade, and will see several of our solar system’s residents forming a line in the ...