According to Star Walk, "the next time seven planets will align (after Feb. 28, 2025) is likely to be around late 2028." The ...

An extraordinary astronomical event is approaching called "planetary parade" which will make all seven planets of the solar system visible from Earth.

A star racing through the Milky Way may have a planet in tow, setting a new speed record for exoplanet systems. Using microlensing, astronomers spotted the pair moving at over 1.2 million mph.

I love letting myself get wrapped up in another world and forgetting about this one for a bit." In that regard, the Force is with him. Tracks such as "Obscure the Sun" and "To the Pods" keep one foot ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spied dynamic flares of light near the supermassive black hole at the ...

In February 2025, all seven of our planetary neighbors will be visible from Earth. So what does such a planetary alignment ...

The Clifton Opera House opens its 2025 concert season on Saturday with BlueNote, a six-piece band doing vintage country and ...

Events, free things to do, festivals and more fun ideas in D.C., Maryland and Virginia the week of Feb. 17 to 23.

Virgin Galactic suspended space tourism flights last year, and won't resume until next year. The company recently announced a collaboration with Redwire to install "research payload lockers" in ...

A sign of how serious Beijing is taking this new energy arms race emerged last week when the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced that the country’s scientists had run an “artificial sun ...

A massive 500,000-mile-wide (800,000-kilometer) coronal hole in the sun's atmosphere is unleashing a stream of fast-moving solar wind toward Earth, potentially supercharging auroras on Jan. 31 and ...