Click to toggle navigation menu.
Headlines
Local News
Click to expand menu.
Virginia
Click to expand menu.
Alexandria
Arlington
Fairfax County
Loudoun County
Prince William County
Stafford County
Maryland
Click to expand menu.
Anne Arundel County
Baltimore
Calvert County
Charles County
Frederick County
Howard County
Montgomery County
Prince George's County
DC
Crime News
Matt About Town
Weather News
Transportation News
National
Click to expand menu.
National Security
Election 2024
Click to expand menu.
DC Elections
Maryland Elections
Virginia Elections
World
Business & Finance
Click to expand menu.
Consumer
Real Estate
Recalls
Government
Click to expand menu.
Congress
Supreme Court
White House
Blog: Today on the Hill
Lifestyle
Click to expand menu.
Animals & Pets
Food & Restaurants
Health & Fitness
Life & Style
Parenting
Travel
Entertainment
Sports
Click to expand menu.
Baltimore Orioles
Baltimore Ravens
DC United
Washington Capitals
Washington Mystics
Washington Nationals
Washington Commanders
Washington Wizards
Science
Click to expand menu.
The Space Place
Photo Galleries
WTOP Noticias
Advertise on WTOP
Federal News Network
Fun & Games
WTOP Insights
Click to collapse navigation menu.
News
Traffic
Weather
site search query
Live Radio
Listen Live
Login
News
Science News
The Space Place
The Space Place
Quick Links
Credit: Courtesy NASA
July 20: On this date, the Moon and Mars share history
‘King of Planets’ gets visitor from Earth
All systems go for NOAA’s first space weather satellite
Perfect night for Astronomy Festival on the National Mall
Mars is at its closest Monday
The Space Place: Mercury crosses sun on Monday
More The Space Place
Earth Day 2016 events in the D.C. area
The USA Science & Engineering Festival kicks off this weekend
Look up! The April sky sights are upon us
Global Astronomy Month launches in April
Super Tuesday – In the sky, that is
The Space Place: Meteorites, Twitter hype and more
The Geminids will make a great show in the sky this weekend
Gift ideas for stargazers
‘Spooky’ sighting in the skies beginning Halloween night
Daring flyby through the plumes of an extraterrestrial ocean
The Orionids are here
A nice fall weekend to watch the sky
Supermoon, lunar eclipse to light the sky Sunday in rare event
Washington Monument captures bright meteor in the sky
The best places to watch the Perseid meteor shower
Perseids are coming to Shenandoah National Park
Are we closer to finding Earth 2.0?
Pluto, here we come – finally
Posts navigation
<
previous page
1
…
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
>
previous page
{{title}}
»
{{articles}}
{{img}}
{{title}}
Log in to your WTOP account for notifications and alerts customized for you.
Sign up
LOGOUT
VIEW PROFILE