A brilliant point of light is rising in the eastern sky soon after dark this month, drawing comparisons to the "Star of ...

On Dec. 9-10, skywatchers across parts of Canada, the U.S. and Europe will witness a very rare occultation of the bright star ...

Beyond the local interstellar clouds and their wispy clumps of hydrogen and helium atoms in the form of gas and dust, the ...

Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes ...

If you've been outside the last night or two and noticed a star moving suspiciously fast, congratulations, you just saw the ...

A scientist has identified a possible astronomical explanation for the Star of Bethlehem, as described in the Bible ...

If you've never sighted this rocky little world for yourself, you'll never get a better opportunity than right now to see it.

In the leading model of cosmology, most of the universe is invisible: a combined 95% is made of dark matter and dark energy.

December brings an array of night sky events including a mysterious interstellar comet, the Geminids meteor shower and winter ...

The Women's World Championship picture on WWE RAW is seemingly wide open after the events on this week's edition of the red ...

Congratulations are in order for WWE Superstar IYO SKY. The former Women's World Champion accomplished something important to ...

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