Most people hear “spacecraft” and envision rockets blasting into space, but they’re often not aware of the meticulous ...

Dec. 9, 2024 — A NASA Hubble Space Telescope observation program called OPAL (Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy ... 2024 — Combining a new imaging instrument with the powerful adaptive optics ...

A brilliant comet waved its tail above the site of the world's largest telescope as it lit up the night sky last month.

New James Webb Space Telescope observations of a star cluster called NGC 346 are shedding light on how, when and where ...

In the more than 60 years in which scientists have engaged in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), several ...

When astronomers found a large world farther out than Pluto, it became one of the final nails in the coffin of our ninth ...

Planets will gather and form a dazzling arc in the night sky that will be visible across the United States, including Louisiana, in January and February 2025. Known as the "Parade of Planets," the ...

“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 ...

It's highly elliptical, which means as the planet orbits its star, it moves from the inner edge to just beyond the outer edge of the habitable zone every year. This raises questions about its ...

The movie-themed restaurant chain Planet Hollywood, which shuttered its Times Square location during COVID, reopened at 136 West 42nd Street in Midtown this weekend after a $17 million investment.

Here are some of this month’s highlights. As we discussed last month, late January and early February will provide a stage for a Planet Parade, with six planets lining up in the night sky.

What is Planet Position in Astrology? Planet position is a diagrammatic representation of the condition and positions of the celestial bodies at any given time for any given location on Earth. Planet ...