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

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

These are the planets that will be visible with the naked eye. A rare parade of planets will light up the night sky ...

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

NASA’s Goldstone Solar System Radar is closely tracking asteroid 2024 PT5 during its nearest approach to Earth, a distance ...

In the years following the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the universe. But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby ...

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

Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus — are visible this month in a so-called planet parade. Some are visible to the naked eye and others require a telescope to see.

You’ll be able to view a rare alignment of planets this month and into February. Our astrotourism expert reveals the best ...

On Jan. 4, Saturn briefly hid behind the crescent moon, escaping the view of skywatchers in Europe, Africa, western Russia ...

To see distant galaxies and fainter star clusters, time a trip around a new moon, when the night is at its darkest.

To have the best view possible, Fazekas said it's best to use either binoculars or a small telescope. While the occultation ...