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We’ve been receiving calls into the WTOP Newsroom reporting phenomena in the skies that people can’t explain — but our space expert can.

Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Probably not either but some people were left wondering about an object that ...

The moon and Venus will shine vividly alongside a bright star in the early morning in a striking celestial rendezvous that should be visible across the U.S. But unless you're willing to wake up before ...

WEST VIRGINIA (WBOY) — If you were awake at the wee hours of the morning on Thursday, you may have spotted a bright object streaking across the West Virginia sky, but what was it? A 12 News viewer ...

(FOX40.COM) — Several California residents reported seeing a fiery meteor-like object shooting through the sky on Thursday night. • Video Above: Meteor-like object shoots through California Sky Around ...

From nebulas and galaxies to star clusters, the sun and the moon, here’s what to image in the night sky using a smart ...

This month will bring some striking celestial sights, including one of the year’s best meteor showers and a glowing ...

Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) will make a close flyby of Earth on Oct. 21. A bright new solar system comet could put on a show in the October night sky as it zooms past Earth. Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) was ...

A Kelowna man is scratching his head trying to figure out what he saw in the sky above the Okanagan on Monday. Tyson Wilson tells Castanet he was driving on Sexsmith Road on Monday when he caught ...

Human visual perception is inherently subjective, influenced by the brain's interpretation of retinal signals based on prior experience ("unconscious inference"), leading to illusions rather than a ...