In a celestial event known as a great alignment the five planets will be discernible with the naked eye, but to see Neptune ...

A French astrophotographer has captured a stunning photo of Venus and the moon shining above the Eiffel Tower in Paris, ...

Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Catch your last views of Saturn as early in the month, the Moon passes in front of ...

Saturn’s rings, imaged here by NASA’s Cassini orbiter, are one of the solar system’s most reliably spectacular sights. But ...

These events, often called “planet parades” or “planetary alignments,” though not exceedingly rare, are worth observing since they don’t happen yearly.

In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to go out and watch a close pairing of two naked-eye planets: Venus and Saturn. The ...

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

Here's when and how to watch the next full moon and February's rare planetary parade across Pennsylvania skies, starting with ...

The new moon of January will be at 7:36 a.m. Eastern Time on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, and two days later a young moon will pass near Saturn and near Venus as they cluster ...

Witness a rare celestial event as the moon aligns with Uranus and other planets throughout February, visible even in ...

By 6 p.m. in New York City the sky is dark enough to see Venus in the west and Saturn just below it; the latter is at an altitude of about 22 degrees; Venus is about 9 degrees higher. Saturn sets ...

Here's when and how to watch the next full moon and February's rare planetary parade, starting with the shiny bright planet of Venus.