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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Though the planets are always “aligned,” seeing more than four in the sky is more uncommon. February’s lineup is a chance to ...

Exciting February sky events include Venus at its brightest and closest to Earth, the moon occulting the Pleiades, and a ...

Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Catch your last views of Saturn as early in the month, the Moon passes in front of ...

The Moon meets the Red Planet’s rival in Scorpius, skims close to Saturn, and reaches New phase in the sky this week.

Voyager 1 discovers tiny moon at Saturn. The Dodgers keep adding to their payroll. The two-year-old company raised its ...

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