Venus and Saturn will be in conjunction this weekend, appearing side by side in the night sky during January's post-sunset ...

Stargazers will be treated to a rare seven-planet alignment in February. This is what scientists hope to learn.

Alignments of five or more planets are rare—there will be two more featuring five or more planets this year, but after that ...

As soon as it gets dark, two bright lights become visible—the brightest in the southwest and an almost-as-bright light in the ...

Plus: Saturn’s moon Iapetus is visible, our Moon passes the bright star Spica, and Mars skims south of Pollux in Gemini in ...

Throughout January, stargazers in India can witness a spectacular planetary parade featuring Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, ...

Six planets will all be visible at once in the night sky this month, lined up across the sky—but one is set to disappear from view.

A planet parade like the one beginning tonight is quite uncommon, occurring once every 10-20 years. Here are the planets you ...

The solar system consists of 8 planets, including Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Each ...

Alinda, measuring 2.6 miles wide, will be visible this weekend. Stargazers can spot it using basic equipment or watch a ...

The Red Planet comes closest to Earth, disappears behind the Moon in an occultation, and finally reaches opposition in the ...

We haven’t seen the Red Planet this luminous in the night sky since 2022. Our astrotourism expert shares how and when to ...