Skywatchers can spot Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars in the night sky with the naked eye, but two other planets might need a telescope to be seen.

Early 2025 is a good time for skygazing and spotting up to seven planets in the night sky – if you have a little help.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is probably the first scientific fact babies hear in the English-speaking world. It's easily ...

Saturn’s rings, imaged here by NASA’s Cassini orbiter, are one of the solar system’s most reliably spectacular sights. But ...

Although it's being mistakenly promoted as a "rare planetary alignment," one of the best "planet parades" in half a century is now taking place. Here's how to see it.

ON January 25, 2025, a rare planetary alignment will be visible in the night sky. Six planets—Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—will appear to align together, forming a line across the ...

Tonight and throughout January, stargazers can see a planetary alignment in the night sky or what some are calling a planetary parade.

The four planets will appear to be in a straight line, some calling that a planet parade, but NASA says that isn’t a technical term. Rather, when planets align, it is called the “Ecliptic”, which is ...

The best viewing for January's planetary parade is about 90 minutes after sunset, in as dark and clear a spot as you can find. Use binoculars or a telescope for an even better look. The alignment will ...

While the planets are technically always "aligned" along the same plane in our sky, seeing so many at once is a special ...

The data used to create the image is from a Hubble Space Telescope project to capture and map Jupiter's superstorm system.

Sky watchers are in for a treat this month as the stars align to give amateurs a shot to see six planets at once.