This is the last chance to catch the pair in conjunction this year—with Venus set to be unusually bright in the night sky.

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

"In January, you'll have the opportunity to take in four bright planets in a sweeping view" said Preston Dyches of NASA's Jet ...

After spotting Venus, Pitts said Mars will stand out for its rosy color. Jupiter has a bright, creamy color. Saturn is a dim yellow color, and its icy rings will not be visible to the naked eye.

Venus is much brighter at magnitude –4.6, sitting just to the upper right of 1st-magnitude Saturn. Both are in Aquarius ... Castor is a much hotter star - see if you can make out its color, which ...

NASA has shared details of what to look out for in the night sky this month, with the moon appearing alongside a parade of ...

Welcome to this month’s edition of “What’s up in the sky?” February has a nice lineup of planets and some eye-catching ...

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 ...

These two next weeks offer all but one of the planets in lovely view at nightfall. Fred Schaaf goes step by step through the ...

Planets continue their nighttime shows, with eight visible at points during February, including Venus on Feb. 14.

Venus is much brighter at magnitude –4.6, sitting just to the upper right of 1st-magnitude Saturn. Both are in Aquarius ... see if you can make out its color, which should appear blue-white ...

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 ...