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

Whether you're an experienced astronomer or simply enjoy gazing at the night sky, this January offers a rare opportunity to witness a dazzling array of planets.

Venus glowed brightly on a clear night sky over Saint Petersburg, Russia. Footage shows the heavenly body shining above the ...

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

Seven years later, NASA sent its Magellan spacecraft to orbit Venus. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

The planet, known as HD 20794d, gets farther out from its star than Mars is from the sun and, on the other end of its orbit, ...

Why is Venus so different? Several scientific instruments are to explore our neighboring planet. ESA has now awarded the ...

Venus is currently in its “evening star” apparition, approaching Earth during its shorter 225-day orbit of the sun. Its speed and proximity to Earth are causing it to brighten and grow in ...

February’s night sky gives us the bright trio of Mars, Jupiter and Venus, according to NASA skywatch experts. “Venus blazes ...

When someone mentions a “doubleheader,” we usually think of two baseball games played back-to-back by the same pair of teams. To railroad employees, the word refers to a train pulled by two ...

Planets continue their nighttime shows, with eight visible at points during February, including Venus on Feb. 14.

The other, Persephone, is named after Demeter's daughter, whom Venus' Greek equivalent had taken away to the underworld. It is left at a higher orbit and responsible for transmitting the data ...