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

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

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

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

Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Catch your last views of Saturn as early in the month, the Moon passes in front of ...

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.

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

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 ...

Venus and Saturn are currently in conjunction, meaning the planets appear close together in the night sky from Earth. These two planets are visible in the southwest sky. Mars is currently at ...

All month, four planets — Venus ... apart" from Earth's perspective, NASA said. (Though in reality, there are hundreds of millions of miles between them.) Meanwhile, Mars is at "opposition ...