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

It's easy to forget we're standing on one of the best viewing platforms in the solar system – Planet Earth ... night's sky – Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus.

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

Mars disappeared ... viewing Venus dwarfed by the Sun was a revealing moment. The worlds accompanying Earth around the Sun are varied in size, shape, color, and composition. In one glance, an ...

Stargazers will be treated to a rare seven-planet alignment in February. This is what scientists hope to learn.

A French astrophotographer has captured a stunning photo of Venus and the moon shining above the Eiffel Tower in Paris, ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

Uranus has the craziest tilt in your Solar System. Its tilt is about ninety-eight degrees. That means its north pole is ...

At magnitude -1.4, it’s currently one of the brightest objects in the sky—though it's outshone about 25-to-1 by Venus ... Images) Despite the spectacular view from Earth, it was all an ...

This means that when viewed from Earth ... between Venus and Saturn is just one act of January's "planet parade," in which viewers can also expect to see other showrunners like Mars and Jupiter.

Beautiful photos of the six planets aligned in the night sky have emerged online. Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus and Saturn are all currently lined up in a row and will be visible in the night ...