A recent paper suggests that if astrobiologists want to make an educated guess about what life on Venus might look like, they ...

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 ...

The two innermost planets, Venus and Mercury, will shine together low in the western sky at sunset on March 10. Here's how to ...

Everybody loves a parade. Most people who live in chillier climes aren’t exactly rejoicing when February rolls around — but ...

These conjunctions aren't rare, but they get rarer with each planet added to the chain. For example, the three innermost ...

While Mercury will be visible throughout early March, there will be two nights that provide especially good opportunities to ...

Could a giant planet between Mars and Jupiter have doomed Earth? A new study suggests that small changes would have been ...

Venus will then slip into the mystical, micro-dosing, emo flotsam of Pisces on March 27 where it will remain until stationing ...

Beginning around sunset, Saturn will be situated closest to the horizon, followed by Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Mars higher ...

Venus, the second planet from the sun and Earth’s neighbor, is typically the first star seen in the evening and the last star seen at night. It’s also the third brightest object in Earth’s ...

According to NASA, multi-planet lineups are visible "every few years," but a seven-planet alignment is particularly uncommon, as each planet's orbit varies, with some moving more quickly and Mercury, ...

Neptune, Venus and Saturn are all low in the west, so set soon after sunset. Earth’s rotates from west to east, so stars and planets appear to rise from below the eastern horizon and set below ...