The planets in our solar system orbit the sun in more or less the same flat plane as the Earth, according to EarthSky.org, called the ecliptic. The celestial bodies near us, the sun and the moon ...

Venus and Saturn are currently in conjunction, meaning the planets appear close together in the night sky from Earth. These two planets are visible in the southwest sky. Mars is currently at ...

The first full moon of 2025 is nearly here. Dubbed the "wolf moon" for its connection to wolves calling on those long January nights, this month's other astronomical events will give skywatchers ...

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 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 ...

Claims of a "rare planetary alignment" are misleading; it's just visible planets. A true "golden conjunction" occurs on Sept. 8, 2040.

Watch Saturn and Venus gets ... come into their closest ... [+] conjunction on Jan. 18. This Monday night you can watch the full “Wolf Moon” rise to occult Mars. Then you can see the red ...

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

Tonight starts a great week of star gazing. Here's when to watch the full moon next to Venus, and a rare planetary parade ...

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

From New York City, for example, the sun sets at 5:12 p.m. and by the end of civil twilight at 5:41 p.m., the moon sets at 7:54 p.m. and Saturn at 8:06 p.m.; the actual conjunction is at 11:52 p.m ...