Skywatchers on Thursday evening, Feb. 6, will notice an eye-catching pairing-off between two of the brightest objects in the ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

Though the planets are always “aligned,” seeing more than four in the sky is more uncommon. February’s lineup is a chance to ...

Stargazers will be treated to a dazzling six-planet "alignment" this January.

In a celestial event known as a great alignment the five planets will be discernible with the naked eye, but to see Neptune ...

In a newly shared image, NASA has uncovered a unique view of our solar system's largest planet. The picture, snapped by the Hubble Space Telescope, reveals Jupiter shining in ultraviolet light.

Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Catch your last views of Saturn as early in the month, the Moon passes in front of ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reveals an ultraviolet view of Jupiter. Since the human eye cannot actually detect ultraviolet ...

Io is Jupiter's third-largest moon, spanning roughly 2,300 miles (3,700 kilometers) across, which makes it slightly bigger than Earth's moon. It orbits Jupiter at a distance of around 262,000 ...

Alignments of five or more planets are rare—there will be two more featuring five or more planets this year, but after that ...

February brings a rare planetary parade, with five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and Saturn ...