Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has millions of fans worldwide who love the stunning images he captures and creates of the ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

A person shines a flashlight into the night sky on Feb. 3, 2025. (Photo by Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images) Social media has been abuzz about the ongoing alignment of planets, with ...

Mars might be our next home, but Venus was our first obsession. In the 20th century, astronomers dreamed of oceans and jungles on Venus - until the Soviet Venera probes proved otherwise. Extreme heat, ...

NASA has shared details of what to look out for in the night sky this month, with the moon appearing alongside a parade of planets.

With each passing night as, the crescent slowly widens and it begins to appear against a progressively darker background, its ...

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

Welcome to this month’s edition of “What’s up in the sky?” February has a nice lineup of planets and some eye-catching ...

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

The alignment of six planets – Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, and Venus – this month has sky photographers abuzz.

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

Though such alignments aren't unheard of, this particular formation was special due to the sheer number of planets visible ...