This year’s WTOP “Gift Ideas for Stargazers,” coincides with Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, to possibly help get the best deals for that special someone on your holiday gift list that loves the ...

"Star so bright in the night,” do we know your name? Many of the starry creatures glittering among the constellations above were identified almost 300 years ago by a woman whose birthday we celebrate ...

For my annual WTOP “Gift Ideas For Stargazers,” I thought I would get this year’s suggestions out to coincide with Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales to possibly help get the best deals for that ...

If you are stargazer, this is the show for you! Bob Berman and Dr. Valerie Rapson join us to discuss recent astronomy news and answer your questions. Ray Graf hosts. 800-348-2551 is the number to call ...

My daughter, Karen, recently asked if I was familiar with Maria Mitchell, America’s first female astronomer. I’d heard of her, yet confessed knowing little about her — but Karen’s question stirred my ...

About every 76 years, Halley’s Comet becomes visible in our night sky for several weeks, and I, like surely many of you, vividly recall its most recent return in 1986. Having heard of the famous comet ...

Susan Murabana’s life-changing moment happened at 22 years old, when she looked through a telescope for the very first time. Suddenly, Saturn and its yellow-gold rings were more than just an ...

MIAMI — Jack Horkheimer, the creator and host of the PBS show “Star Gazer” who helped popularize naked-eye astronomy, has died. He was 72. The Miami Museum of Science and Space Transit Planetarium, ...