Behold, the giants! The Hubble Space Telescope has completed a decade of observing Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

January 2025 ushers in an extraordinary planetary parade as Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars align in a rare and dazzling ...

The James Webb telescope has focused its attention on an oddball space rock lurking between Jupiter and Neptune. The unusual ...

A pair of massive thunderstorms have been spotted swirling in Jupiter's "South Equatorial Belt" and are likely unleashing ...

Maybe you received a telescope during the holiday season, or perhaps you’ve gifted yourself with a scope. I want you to get ...

The spot we see today isn’t the same one the Italian astronomer Cassini discovered centuries ago, research shows.

Formerly the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, the observatory was renamed in 2020 to honor Vera Rubin, who died at 88 in 2016 ...

Directly above our heads, Jupiter will be signing bright. To the east, Mars will reach opposition in mid-January.

With a little familiarization and preparation your new telescope can open a world of exploration rather than end up in the back of a closet.

Four major planets Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars, will align in January 2025, offering a rare celestial display, with Mars ...

Welcome to WTOP’s inaugural monthly feature of “What’s up in the sky?” Here’s what D.C. stargazers can watch for regarding ...

An international research team used the James Webb Space Telescope to observe massive galaxies initially discovered by the ...