Like a celestial parade across the cosmos, five bright planets are lighting up the night sky and visible with the naked eye ...

In a celestial event known as a great alignment the five planets will be discernible with the naked eye, but to see Neptune ...

So long as the weather cooperates, Saturn, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and the moon will be visible Sunday evening during an open house at the Indiana University Kokomo Observatory. The open house begins at ...

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

December opens with Jupiter dropping into the sunset. On the 3rd, Saturn, Venus and Jupiter form a diagonal line with Jupiter in the sun’s afterglow and brilliant Venus almost exactly midway ...

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 ...

This is the last chance to catch the pair in conjunction this year—with Venus set to be unusually bright in the night sky.

On Feb. 24, from west to east, you can see Mercury, Saturn, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars, all spanning 117.5°, ...

Witness a rare cosmic sight as Venus and the crescent moon align beautifully over the Eiffel Tower in Paris, part of a larger ...

Five planets — Saturn, Venus, Jupiter, Mars and Mercury — will be discernible with the naked eye. To see Neptune and Uranus you will need a telescope. Jason Cousins, president of the Amateur ...

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 ...