Skywatchers on Thursday evening, Feb. 6, will notice an eye-catching pairing-off between two of the brightest objects in the ...

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

Mercury takes only 88 Earth days to orbit the sun.

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

Here’s what you should know when you go outside to see for yourself: Yes, the planets are indeed lined up across our sky. No, ...

Spotting one or two of the planets in our solar system is well worth a good skywatch, but seeing (almost) all of them in a ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit before shoving ... of such flybys, each over 20 million years, while ...

Planets continue their nighttime shows, with eight visible at points during February, including Venus on Feb. 14.

There are eight planets in the solar system, and each travels on its own path around the sun. But of these planets ... These extreme temperatures, among other factors, make life as we know ...

Four planets will be in the parade in January, while seven will align in February. Here's how to see the events.

Stargazers will be treated to a rare alignment of seven planets on 28 February when Mercury joins six other ... and Jupiter could be the answer. While the tidal pull of each planet on the Sun ...

FOUR planets are visible in the night sky. You will have to battle January clouds, but here is how to find them.