While claims of a “rare alignment” are overblown, you can still see up to six planets in the night sky this weekend. Here's ...

Starting at 12:30 p.m. ET (1730 GMT) on Saturday (Jan. 25), astrophysicist Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project ...

Stargazers who haven't had a chance to check out this month's planet parade will want to look up soon because there's ...

Generally, the nights of and near the new moon – when the moon is not illuminated – are better for most stargazing experiences. Here are the dates of new moons this year.

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

The Moon meets the Red Planet’s rival in Scorpius, skims close to Saturn, and reaches New phase in the sky this week.

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.

Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars will appear to line up and be bright enough to see without a telescope or binoculars — and ...

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

Look up! Six planets grace the sky this month in what’s known as a "planetary parade," and most will be able to be seen with ...

The six planets were visible in the days immediately leading up to Jan. 21, and for about four weeks afterward. Mars, Venus, ...