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

Six planets - Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus - made an appearance together in a celestial spectacle that ...

Orion the Hunter and Taurus the Bull face off in the southern sky in early February as soon as it gets dark. Taurus is home to two of the brightest star clusters, the Pleiades and Hyades. Both are ...

The planets in our solar system have lined up a surprise for astrophiles and skygazers. You will likely have heard the news ...

You'll be amazed by what you see in the sky. First of all, the universe is not that old; it is only 13.7 billion years old.

Astronomers everywhere will soon be peering through their telescopes for a celestial ‘planet parade’ that occurs just once every few decades.

"In the first couple of hours after dark, you'll find Venus and Saturn in the southwest, Jupiter high overhead, and Mars in the east. (Uranus and Neptune are there too, but a telescope is needed ...

Any glimmer of life, light, and levity at this time of year is worth holding onto. January has felt bleak and the news has been ...

Unlike prior parades, this one is set to last quite a while since the planets are in advantageous spots in the sky. You should be able to see all six planets nightly until the last week of February.

However, while no such events took place on that date, nor on his revised date of Dec. 25, 1919, the seeds of anxiety and fear of planetary alignments were already planted in the collective human ...

While Charon is currently listed as a satellite or moon by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), consideration is being given to it perhaps being classified as a dwarf planet in its own right, ...