Mercury has a rocky surface when, facing the sun, can reach highs of 800 degrees while overnight lows could reach minus 290 ...

Before then, Mercury and Saturn will meet in the evening sky in a rare close encounter, in an astronomical phenomenon known ...

In January, a rare planetary alignment occurred as Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus and Saturn all were visible in the night sky from Earth.

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

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

You can see the planetary parade almost every night this week with the best happening on the last day of the month.

Make time to head outside tonight after the sun sets and study the sky. Five of the brightest planets — Venus, Jupiter, Mars, ...

Seven planets will be on display this week, appearing to line up in the night sky at once. WASHINGTON — Stargazers will have a special chance to see seven planets align in the night sky this week as ...

(Gray News) – You will want to look to the night sky this week to check out a rare “planet parade.” From now through Feb. 28, all of the planets will shine brightly in a line. While astronomers say ...

Two planets stand side by side as the evening twilight continues to delight and colorful stars shine in the sky this week.

Ahead of its dance with Saturn on Feb. 24, Mercury should be seen on Feb. 19 at magnitude -1.2 with binoculars 20 minutes ...

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 later a young moon will pass near Saturn and near Venus as they cluster ...