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

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 ...

Mercury joins the night sky to complete a 7-planet alignment just after sunset for the end of February. Saturn leaves our ...

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

Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Catch your last views of Saturn as early in the month, the Moon passes in front of ...

A planetary alignment, or a "planet parade" according to the internet, will grace our night sky just after dusk, according to ...

In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to go out and watch a close pairing of two naked-eye planets: Venus and Saturn. The ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

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

Look to the southwest sky after sunset on Saturday, as the sliver of a waxing crescent moon nears bright Venus with Saturn ...

February brings a rare planetary parade, with five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and Saturn ...

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 ...