NASA has scheduled the launch for the Artemis II moon rocket for no earlier than Feb. 8. WTOP will have details on the mission as they become available.

February stargazing is so special. Sure it’s cold but the extra special celestial jewels make it worth bundling up for. If you’re not already in the darker countryside, try to get out there. But ...

Will two rare supernovas finally tell us how fast the universe is expanding? Perhaps, but we'll have to wait for it for them ...

On Jan. 31, 1783, William Herschel was creating a catalog of double stars when he spotted 40 Eridani B. This dim white object ...

From stargazing to exploring vast open lands and learning stories from the past, there was so much to discover in Utah.

Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets around single stars, but few around binary stars—even though both types of stars are equally common. Physicists can now explain the dearth.

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. January 29: Open cluster M50 The Moon passes 4° north of Jupiter at 9 P.M. EST. The pair shares the central regions of ...

Ferris State University physics and astronomy professor Dinesh Shetty and student Francisco Vasquez have reached a milestone ...

Last year, astronomers were fascinated by a runaway asteroid passing through our solar system from somewhere far beyond. It ...

Using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope in a patch of the sky covering almost three times the area of the full ...

THE stars (and planets) are about to align for one of the year’s biggest interplanetary moments promising an out of this world experience. Next month stargazers will get the chance to witness the ...

"Until now, it was unknown what type of star would remain after the merger." ...