A great week of Maryland star gazing will kick off tonight with the full moon rising next to Venus and a rare planetary ...

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

By 40 minutes after sunset, see if you can spot 1st-magnitude Saturn some 12° above the western horizon, hanging directly below Venus. The fainter planet will look better as the night sky darkens ...

Five planets — Saturn, Venus, Jupiter, Mars and Mercury — will be discernible with the naked eye. To see Neptune and Uranus you will need a telescope. Among these, Venus is the brightest and ...

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 ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — For viewers of the night sky this month, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter, and Mars will align in a “parade of planets” visible to the naked eye. The planetary display will ...

Known as the love planet, Venus is reaching its peak brightness for the year coincidentally on Valentines Day, and the ...

December opens with Jupiter dropping into the sunset. On the 3rd, Saturn, Venus and Jupiter form a diagonal line with Jupiter in the sun’s afterglow and brilliant Venus almost exactly midway ...