Stargazers will be treated to a dazzling six-planet "alignment" this January.

Although it's being mistakenly promoted as a "rare planetary alignment," one of the best "planet parades" in half a century is now taking place. Here's how to see it.

Planetary alignments aren't rare, but they can be when they involve six of the eight planets in our solar system.

Six planets are parading across the sky, appearing as some of the night's brightest stars. A few easy tips can help you ...

Starting at 12:30 p.m. ET (1730 GMT) on Saturday (Jan. 25), astrophysicist Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project ...

Saturn’s rings, imaged here by NASA’s Cassini orbiter, are one of the solar system’s most reliably spectacular sights. But ...

While the planets are technically always "aligned" along the same plane in our sky, seeing so many at once is a special ...

For much of January and February, you have the chance to see six planets in our solar system after dark, although two — Uranus and Neptune — will be hard to see without a telescope or high-powered ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered two ...

In 2025, multiple planetary retrogrades will influence daily life. Mercury retrogrades will disrupt communication and travel, ...