It's a new year, and no better way to kick it off than a dazzling display in the night sky. Now, 2025 promises to bring its own share of stunning celestial events, including the Jan. 13 wolf moon — ...

Look up in Michigan's night sky this week to catch a rare seven-planet parade. The planets will appear to line up in the sky as they orbit the sun, known as a planetary alignment or planet parade, ...

With Mercury joining the show, all seven of Earth’s celestial neighbors will be present at dusk this week. By Katrina Miller Astute skywatchers may have already seen the striking line of planets ...

In the first fractions of a second after the Big Bang, the universe ballooned outward at a speed that still defies explanation, stretching space itself before stars or even atoms had a chance to form.

NASA has just turned the entire sky into a kind of infrared rainbow, capturing it in 102 distinct colors that reveal structures and histories our eyes can never see. By scanning the cosmos in this ...

Sky gazers across the U.S. will have a chance to see an extraordinary celestial event on Friday as all of the planets in our solar system will appear in the evening sky. This phenomenon known as 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 ...

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A celestial phenomenon is forming in the Northern Hemisphere on Friday, as seven planets are expected to appear lined up in the night sky. Most are expected to be visible to the naked eye, though not ...

Stargazers will have the opportunity to view as many as seven planets in the night sky this month during an event that's sometimes called a "parade of planets" because the celestial bodies appear to ...

Mercury and the star Mebsuta are visible in the west after sunset. Mars will be very close to the star Regulus on June 16th. Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 is visible in Leo with a medium to large ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — You won't be able to see every planet in the sky, but we are still getting quite a nice treat. We're here to separate the fact from the fiction with this "planetary parade" as we ...