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

Finally, planets can take on different colors — Mars looks reddish, and Venus is more bright and white ... creating tension ...

January's long, dark nights always make for special stargazing, but this year our skies are hosting a parade of planets, headlined by Venus, which will shine extraordinarily bright this weekend.

The planet was visible to the naked eye from the UK to the US, Turkey and China. Venus is often called the Evening Star or Morning Star because, when it is prominent, it appears like the brightest ...

But no other planet looks like Venus — bright, clear, white color. Any time you see an object that looks like Venus right now, it's got to be Venus. ... What that does for a casual observer is ...