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

Alignments of five or more planets are rare—there will be two more featuring five or more planets this year, but after that ...

Venus and Saturn will be in conjunction this weekend, appearing side by side in the night sky during January's post-sunset ...

Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars will appear to line up and be bright enough to see with the naked eye in the first few hours ...

Both Venus and Saturn will be in the Aquarius constellation, the water bearer, during their close approach. To help spot it, ...

Six planets grace the sky this month in what's known as a planetary parade, and most can be seen with the naked eye ...

NASA was formed in 1958 "to provide for research into problems of flight within and outside the Earth's atmosphere, and for ...

Skygazers and astronomy enthusiasts can look forward to catching a rare "planet parade" in the night sky through January.

Plus: Saturn’s moon Iapetus is visible, our Moon passes the bright star Spica, and Mars skims south of Pollux in Gemini in ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn can be spotted without special equipment, with Uranus and Neptune requiring a telescope.

In January, stargazers will be able to see four bright planets, the close dance of Venus and Saturn, Mars at opposition, and ...