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 ...

A Month of Bright Planets Venus blazes at its brightest for the year after sunset, then Mars and Jupiter to rule the night ...

Here's when and how to watch the next full moon and February's rare planetary parade, starting with the shiny bright planet ...

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

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

February kicks off what astronomers call “galaxy season” in the Northern Hemisphere. This time of year offers the best ...

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 later a young moon will pass near Saturn and near Venus as they cluster ...

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.

In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to go out and watch a close pairing of two naked-eye planets: Venus and Saturn. The ...

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 ...