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

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 ...

Mercury joins the night sky to complete a 7-planet alignment just after sunset for the end of February. Saturn leaves our ...

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

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

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 a busy month for planet-fanatics. This month’s stargazing agenda brims with planet sightings. We have planet pairings, ...

Welcome to this month’s edition of “What’s up in the sky?” February has a nice lineup of planets and some eye-catching ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

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

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

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 ...