Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, and Saturn will align in February Mercury and Saturn will appear closest on4 Best viewing is ...

Skywatchers on Thursday evening, Feb. 6, will notice an eye-catching pairing-off between two of the brightest objects in the ...

Venus appears low in the evening sky, guiding us to Saturn. Jupiter makes an attractive sight below the Hyades and Mars remains a fine sight.

The Virtual Telescope Project will livestream telescope views of the "planetary parade" on Saturday (Jan. 25), featuring a ...

This January and February, a rare planetary alignment featuring Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune will be visible, with Mercury joining in late February for a seven-planet display.

Two dogs from Briarcliff Manor-based SPCA Westchester, Andy and Meatball, will take the field during the annual event airing on Sunday, Feb. 9, at 2 p.m., the organization announced. Andy, a "shaggy ...

We will be one planet short of a maximum alignment. Six planets will still be possible to see in one ecliptic plane in the southern and eastern night sky, just after sunset: Venus, Mars, Jupiter, ...

Although Jupiter and Mars have been dominating ... targets as the Moon keeps out of the evening sky. The distant planet Neptune hangs in Pisces the Fish, moving oh-so-slowly against the background ...

A “parade of planets”—Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars—will be visible, and recognizable by their incredible brightness against the night sky. Uranus and Neptune will also be visible, but with a ...

On February 28, Mercury will be most visible on the western horizon right after sunset, with Venus above it and Jupiter, Mars, and Uranus placed high in the southeast. Where can I view the planet ...

Research by astronomers, led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), challenges current theories about the formation of planetary systems that feature a so-called hot Jupiter planet. A hot Jupiter is ...