FOUR planets are visible in the night sky. You will have to battle January clouds, but here is how to find them.

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

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

This month, six of the planets will be visible in the night sky in an event called a planetary parade. Here’s how kids can ...

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

Worlds will align for a "planetary parade" in January, with four bright and easily visible to the naked eye. But an even ...

Two papers showed these intriguing signals, but the team stresses that there are currently many uncertainties to confirming ...

Generally, the nights of and near the new moon – when the moon is not illuminated – are better for most stargazing experiences. Here are the dates of new moons this year.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is probably the first scientific fact babies hear in the English-speaking world. It's easily ...

The Celestron 70mm Travel Scope is now 36% off, the cheapest it's been in years, an ideal way for beginners to enjoy this ...

Could Venus hold the key to extraterrestrial life? This video examines recent discoveries and debates surrounding the possibility of life in the planet’s harsh atmosphere. Is there more to Venus than ...

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 ...