Astronomy

Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, a once-in-80,000-years sight, will pass within 44 million miles of Earth, making it watchable with the naked eye in Maryland and much of the Northern Hemisphere.

A surge of particles from the sun caused the northern lights to be visible in Maryland on Thursday night.

The astronomical spectacle is expected to be most visible from the northern hemisphere Aug. 11-12.

The only people on Earth who regularly communicate with James Webb Space Telescope work in a nondescript concrete office building much closer to home — on the Johns Hopkins University campus in Baltimore.

The images released today show a distorted spiral galaxy, nicknamed the "Penguin” because it looks like it has a penguin’s beak, eye, and chest or tail, and an elliptical galaxy, nicknamed the "Egg.”

The timing isn't certain, but there is a possibility of seeing the brilliant northern lights much further south than normal this weekend.

Two Maryland teams — from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County — and a team from the Netherlands Institute for Space Research and Airbus Netherlands B.V., each worked on one of the three instruments on the satellite.

This week’s total eclipse of the sun was a total moment of togetherness for me and my son.

Don’t throw them out. Donate them, instead.

It's probably too late to make big travel plans to see the total solar eclipse. Here's how to view the partial eclipse in or around Baltimore.

A total solar eclipse will pass over the United States in early April. Maryland is close to, but not quite in, the path of totality. If you want to see it, you should start planning now.

An image of an exploding star looks like a shiny Christmas ornament — and could tell researchers a bit more about the origins of life.

The James Webb Space Telescope, which is operated in Baltimore, offers scientists a new view of the heart of the Milky Way Galaxy.

Laura Ingraham, of Fox News, was doubled over in laughter with a guest of hers in a clip captured on the website formerly known as Twitter. Why? Because President Joe Biden referred to the Webb Space Telescope, but the TV hosts thought he gaffed.

Using data and imaging from the James Webb Space Telescope, which is operated out of the Space Telescope Science Institute on the Johns Hopkins University campus, astronomers have discovered that Jupiter has a jet stream near its equator.

The northern lights will not be visible in Maryland this week. Sorry if we got your hopes up.

The James Webb Space Telescope has provided a possible answer as to why we can see so much of the universe, and why the light from far away galaxies is not blocked by clouds of gas.

New images offer the first look at a complex ring system of inner belts that surround a young, nearby star.

If you have the right equipment, you’ll be able to see five planets in the night sky today. Without equipment, you could see four. And if you’re willing to wake up before sunrise, you could see Saturn, too. This is a relatively rare astronomical phenomenon, getting to see so many planets over the course of one evening — but it doesn't “mean” anything, it’s just a neat occurrence.