Four planets will be widely visible to the naked eye through part of February, but calling them a 'planetary alignment' may ...

The four planet-strong "planet parade" currently visible to the naked eye in the night sky for a short time after sunset will ...

Venus, the brightest planet we see from Earth, will reach its maximum brightness in the evening on the western horizon after ...

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.

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

June’s best star watching happens in the daytime, as Venus makes a rare transit across the face of the sun. Try not to miss it; this is the last transit of Venus until December 2117. The ...

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

Take advantage of a special 6-7 planet alignment from Earth's perspective. Planets 'line up' in the skies over California in ...

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 ...

Venus and Saturn will appear to be snuggling ... and it represents the plane of the solar system in which the planets orbit around the Sun,” NASA staff said in a recent blog.