Here’s what you should know when you go outside to see for yourself: Yes, the planets are indeed lined up across our sky. No, ...

A Month of Bright Planets Venus blazes at its brightest for the year after sunset, then Mars and Jupiter to rule the night ...

Don't put your binoculars away just yet, the planet parade continues through February. Here's which planets will be visible this month.

Mercury joins the night sky to complete a seven-planet alignment just after sunset for the end of February. Saturn leaves our ...

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

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

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 million kilometers from Earth.

But of these planets, which is nearest to the sun? Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, followed by Venus, Earth, Mars, ...

Welcome to this week’s science news in review, where you’ll find newsworthy scientific innovations or events that have been ...

On Feb. 24, from west to east, you can see Mercury, Saturn, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars, all spanning 117.5°, plus Earth under your feet—all eight known planets of our solar system!

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