Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but get a telescope and you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

Though the planets are always “aligned,” seeing more than four in the sky is more uncommon. February’s lineup is a chance to ...

As we discussed last month, late January and early February will provide a stage for a Planet Parade, with six planets lining up in the night sky. On February 1, we should see the crescent moon in ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

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

After five weeks and a general malaise, January is behind us, and the brief, bright month of February is straight ahead.

Sometimes, the best innovative ideas come from synthesizing two previous ones. We've reported before on the idea of having a ...

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 ...

Planet Parade, visible from January 21 to January 29, showcases the rare alignment of six major planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars ...

Simpson and Chen ran mathematical models looking at how differently sized Earth-like worlds would have affected the rest of ...

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

Sauk Prairie will get a glimpse of one of the two eclipses that will occur over the next thirty days. The total solar eclipse ...