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

Alignments of five or more planets are rare—there will be two more featuring five or more planets this year, but after that the next won’t happen until 2040.

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

Watch a bright Moon dominate the sky, trace the Winter Hexagon, and continue enjoying the evening parade of planets in the ...

February kicks off what astronomers call “galaxy season” in the Northern Hemisphere. This time of year offers the best ...

Missed January's planetary parade? February 2025 offers another celestial spectacle. Discover when, where & how to catch ...

Both Venus and Saturn will be in the Aquarius constellation, the water bearer, during their close approach. To help spot it, ...

Draw a line between the two planets, then follow that line upwards ... and the faint sheen of Saturn's rings. Mercury's appearance Mercury can be tough to spot because it's closest to the sun.

"Uranus and Neptune, two very distant ice giant planets out in our solar system ... benefit when viewing Saturn because its signature rings will be clear when magnified, according to Space.com.