We’ve been receiving calls into the WTOP Newsroom reporting phenomena in the skies that people can’t explain — but our space expert can.

With major eclipses, brilliant supermoons, and lineups of five or more planets, 2026 offers something awe-inspiring in every season. Here’s what to watch for.

Striking images of bright red jellyfish-like lights appearing above storm clouds sparked alien theories before NASA explained the natural phenomenon ...

Even though the shower begins tonight, the peak night will be December 13–14. This is when you will see the most meteors.

Skygazers will be able to spot the Orion constellation in the Northern Hemisphere’s southern sky by 9 p.m. tonight ...

For Sky News boss David Rhodes, there’s a lot in a name. When the US cable news veteran this week unveiled a major strategy overhaul aimed at dragging the channel into the digital age, he called it ...

Kelly Beatty: "Uranus is the third-largest planet in our solar system (three times the diameter of Earth). But its orbit is so far away, nearly 2 billion miles from the Sun, that it looks very dim in ...