On August 10, six planets — Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune — will line up in an arc in the night sky.

Plus: The August Full Sturgeon Moon shines, the colorful double star Albireo sparkles, and Mercury reappears in the sky this ...

With the new moon darkening the skies, you’ll have a rare shot at spotting the Milky Way, deep-sky galaxies, and even the ...

The meteors are called the Perseids because they appear to radiate from the constellation Perseus, which at that time of ...

August brings Saturn and Neptune together, offers two shadow transits of Titan, and sees a conjunction of Venus and Jupiter.

Saturday, Aug. 9. August’s moon is best known as the Sturgeon Moon, but Indigenous peoples also call it the Black Cherry Moon ...

First, let’s start with the good news. As with August stargazing any year, there’s still plenty of summer and great summer ...

The moon will shine bright when the sun sets on Friday evening, Aug. 8, but the official peak of the August 2025 full moon is not until the early morning hours of Saturday, Aug. 9, according to Time ...

It’s hard to beat a summer night beneath the stars, especially in August, when the shimmery Milky Way core is at its ...

In this edition of WTOP’s monthly space feature, “What’s up in the sky?” Greg Redfern tells you how to see the moon, planets, ...

August’s 'Sturgeon Moon' arrives with a sky full of sights. Look for bright meteors during the Perseids and spot Jupiter and Venus before dawn ...