The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

Watch a bright Moon dominate the sky, trace the Winter Hexagon, and continue enjoying the evening parade of planets in the ...

You'll be able to easily see four planets ... the sun, on March 7. That will be the year's best evening apparition of Mercury for mid-northern observers. Venus — the resplendent evening star ...

A shortcut for New Yorkers to spot some of the planets is to look for them when they are near the moon. On Feb. 1, Venus will ...

A planetary alignment, or a "planet parade" according to the internet, will grace our night sky just after dusk, according to ...

Mercury joins the night sky to complete a seven-planet alignment just after sunset for the end of February. Saturn leaves our ...

The new moon of January will be at 7:36 a.m. Eastern Time on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, and two days ...

Exciting February sky events include Venus at its brightest and closest to Earth, the moon occulting the Pleiades, and a ...

Baker said that there are other astronomical events that may be more interesting than the parade of planets. Baker said Mars ...

Californians watching the sky in February have the chance to view a parade of planets and a snow moon. The planetary ...

Stargazers can also glimpse a full moon and a bright Venus during cloudless nights in the middle of the month. Once the sun goes down on Monday, Feb. 3, six planets and the moon will line up ...