After dusk on Friday night, seven planets are expected to align in the night sky. But you'll need binoculars or a telescope ...

This week, sky-watchers will have the opportunity to witness a rare planetary alignment as several planets line up in the ...

Seven planets are on display in the night sky at the end of February, but some will be harder to spot than others. Here’s ...

An alignment of seven planets will be visible in Friday's evening sky. Here's when and where to view the celestial phenomenon from Texas.

A singular rotation of Venus takes 243 days on Earth, according to NASA. Farther out in the solar system is another oddball planet, Uranus, which spins on its side. Astronomers do think a huge ...

A nearly new moon and mostly clear skies will present near ideal viewing conditions for the planet parade through Feb. 28.

Star would be the first private mission to another planet and the first in over 30 years to directly measure Venus’s clouds.

Stargazing is a bit of a tradeoff this month. The bad news is that sunsets in March are progressively later, and Daylight ...

The Boomerang Nebula holds the record for the coldest known natural place, with a temperature of just -458 degrees Fahrenheit ...

Venus, Earth's sister planet, will steal the show — it's shining at magnitude -4.5 to Saturn's +1.1. The contrast will get even more intense this month. Today, it's the first quarter moon ...