Mars will be making its closest approach to Earth in two years, and thus, the mighty red planet, named for the god of war ...

Mercury joins the night sky to complete a 7-planet alignment just after sunset for the end of February. Saturn leaves our ...

February brings a rare planetary parade, with five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and Saturn ...

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

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 ...

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

Planetary alignments aren't rare, but they can be when they involve six of the eight planets in our solar system.

This apparent motion of the planet, however, is not uniform, but is affected by the periodic shifting of our point of view, the earth, so that Saturn is not always easily found and distinguished ...

From the Earth's surface, the planets always appear ... In the first few hours after dark all month, you'll be able to see Venus and Saturn in the southwest, Jupiter high overhead, and Mars ...

Venus and Saturn will set about three hours after sunset.Venus and Saturn are currently in conjunction, meaning the planets ...

There are six planets in the night sky all week, four of them visible to the naked eye and two of them getting very close indeed. Here's how to watch.

The photo shows the progression of the moon moving in front of Saturn and masking the planet and its rings from Earth's view. The ringed planet disappears behind the unilluminated part of the moon and ...