Jupiter and Mars will appear to make ultraclose approaches to the moon on two nights this week. Here's how to get the best ...

Six planets are part of the alignment, which will last until Feb. 18. Mercury will join the alignment later in the month.

Like a celestial parade across the cosmos, five bright planets are lighting up the night sky and visible with the naked eye ...

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...

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

The four-planet lineup that began in January concludes by mid- to late February, as Saturn sinks increasingly lower in the sky each night after sunset, according to NASA. While Mercury will briefly ...

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

To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...

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

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

Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Mercury are all currently visible with the naked eye for skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere. Uranus and Neptune are also part of this month’s planetary ...