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Space weather is about to intensify — and sun block won’t help you

Summer solstice: Everything you need to know about the longest day of the year

Drought monitoring triggered on Potomac River, drinking water backups could be tapped

Want a healthy lawn this summer? A two-step tip on how to make your yard green

NASA moon commander likes doing ‘the impossible’

Maryland lawsuit says 3M, DuPont knowingly made products with ‘forever chemicals’

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Report: Better Chesapeake Bay water quality ‘remains in the distant future’

Light pollution could be leading to longer mosquito biting seasons

Another rare Northern Lights sighting in DC area

On Earth Day, protesters call on DC to end dependence on fossil fuels

WTOP Space Reporter gets rare glimpse of hybrid solar eclipse from cruise ship off Australian coast

Chesapeake Bay eagle population has recovered, but now there’s competition for territory

New study shows T. rex may have had thick, scaly lips

‘Night of Science’ at USPTO in Alexandria exposes students to creativity, career exploration

NASA to announce first crew to the moon in over 50 years on Monday

Fairfax Co. students hear speech from an astronaut who graduated from their school

Recent cosmic explosion likely the ‘brightest of all time,’ NASA says

How to watch the ‘Five Planets’ align in Monday’s night sky

Northern Lights make rare sighting in DC region

Lengthy droughts, severe flooding getting more intense as planet warms, study finds

Sky show grand finale: Jupiter and Venus make a dazzling duo