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

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

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

Exciting February sky events include Venus at its brightest and closest to Earth, the moon occulting the Pleiades, and a ...

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

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 ...

We’re quickly losing sight of Saturn, but Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Uranus and Neptune are easy binocular objects. Mars is still at its best, having reached opposition last month.

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 later a young moon will pass near Saturn and near Venus as they cluster ...