Four planets will be in the parade in January, while seven will align in February. Here's how to see the events.

Jupiter, the chief Roman deity, and Mars, the god of war, lent their names to planets that reflected their characteristics in the night sky. Similarly, the Greek goddess Gaia, known as the ...

Although the occurrence climaxed on Jan. 21 with a conjunction—close alignment—of Saturn and Mercury, the planetary parade ...

From the one with the ears, to the 11 year old girl that gave one of them their name, here are the stories behind each of the planets within it. Apart from Earth, the five closest planets to the ...

A very rare treat is about to grace Earth's night skies.

The seven planets will not be perfectly aligned, but will appear in an arc across the sky due to their orbital plane in the Solar System. The world will witness a rare sighting in the sky in late ...

The planets will appear at their closest this weekend before going their separate ways. According to Billy Teets, director of Vanderbilt University's Dyer Observatory, the best time to view the ...