Space-related events in the D.C. region will ... (WTOP/Greg Redfern) Feb. 17: The waning gibbous moon is very close to the bright star Spica in the hours before dawn in the Southwest.

Feb. 15-28 (a.m.) — For the early risers, the International Space Station makes west-to-east ... Waning gibbous moon in close conjunction with Spica, Virgo’s brightest star.

Space is filled with billions of stars ... minimal and the threat to live on Earth is almost non-existent. The star Spica is about 260 light-years away and is also a binary system with two ...

Bracketing the ringed planet are bright Spica, in Virgo ... the result of sunlight glinting off dust that extends far out into space in the plane of the solar system. Groundhog Day began as ...

Electric propulsion is being increasingly used on space missions and could ultimately replace thrusters using chemical rockets. Spacecraft powered by electric propulsion could soon be better ...

Private space company Firefly is guiding its Blue Ghost lander through space to attempt its first moon landing in March. Credit: Firefly Aerospace An uncrewed spacecraft just snapped an iconic ...

NASA has decided to shuffle around some SpaceX Dragon capsules in order to launch its Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station as soon as possible. The agency is now targeting March 12 ...

Firefly Aerospace's moon-bound spacecraft has provided the closest thing to a reflecting pool in space, showing Earth as an imposing monument, stacked on top of another Earth. The illusion is a ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere).