August opens with Mars low in the west as twilight fades tonight. Look toward the horizon in the west at about 9 p.m. to spot a modest star. That’s Mars.

August 2025 promises to be a remarkable month for skywatchers. According to Forbes, the night sky is filled with ...

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August will bring a moon‑lit tug of war to Summit County’s night sky, pitting one of the brightest full Moons of the year ...

Each evening throughout the month of August, we can see the planet Mars in the western sky after sunset. To find it, look for the brightest star you can find in that region of the sky. That should be ...

"If we were able to take a picture of WASP-17b at optical wavelengths and resolve the disk of the planet, we would see these ...

Mercury begins to emerge from the dawn glow after Aug. 12. On Aug. 19, Mercury reaches its greatest elongation west of the ...

The astrology forecast for August 2025 brings the end of Mercury retrograde and some of the year's luckiest alignments, ...

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, stars and Perseid meteor shower.

When the moon completes the first quarter of its journey around Earth this morning at 5:41 a.m. Its 90-degree angle between ...

August 2025 brings the Full Sturgeon Moon on August 9, a Venus-Jupiter conjunction on August 12 and the peak of the Perseid ...