Known for its breathtaking vistas and hiking trails, Big Bend National Park is one of the most remote places in the U.S. This ...

The supermassive black hole sitting at the heart of our galaxy is considered to be a slumbering giant. However, an ...

The subatomic particles are incredibly numerous. About 1,000 neutrinos from stars other than the sun pass through a thumbnail ...

Our galaxy's supermassive black hole is famous for being one of the dimmest in the universe. Evidence from a new space ...

From volcanic landscapes to world-class observatories, a journey through the Canary Islands reveals a night sky unlike ...

PD Dr Philipp Girichidis at Heidelberg University’s Centre for Astronomy provide insights into our place in the Milky Way and ...

From a window on the International Space Station, astronauts have captured a rare view of a nearby galaxy caught in the act ...

Space.com reported that a new image of Comet Lemmon was released after it was captured from the summit of Mauna Kea in November 2025. The comet, listed as C/2025 A6, had passed closest to Earth in ...

The Milky Way appears above Earth’s bright atmospheric glow in this photograph from the International Space Station as it soared 261 miles above southern Iran at approximately 12:54 a.m. local time.

Our galaxy is pancake-flat, just like these. During the moonless midmonth periods of September and October, our rural skies face into the concentrated starry plane of the Milky Way. (Photo by Matt ...

“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 billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, appear especially vibrant as the band arcs across the night sky, it’s a photo op. Milky Way season, when the galaxy's bright ...