The planets offer exciting views in April. Jupiter is a brilliant object in the evening sky, although the observing window narrows as the Sun sets later each day. Mars is past its best, but remains ...

April’s planetary parade has fewer planets. Only four will line up: Venus, Saturn, Mercury and Neptune. April's parade of ...

This April, the skies put on a dazzling show – watch planets like Jupiter, Venus, and Mars glide across morning and evening ...

For comparison, a given location on Earth experiences a total solar ... we can readily observe Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn with our unaided eyes as they revolve around the sun.

Venus, Saturn, and Mercury are full of surprises this month, and they have one more awe-striking display in store. Before ...

Out past Neptune are countless small icy and rocky bodies called Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), and many of these have moons as well. While some TNOs could be called dwarf planets because of their ...

The astrology forecast for April 2025 brings the end of two retrogrades, the annual Pink Moon, and Taurus season intensity, according to astrologer Nina Kahn.

As we leap into the heart of spring, the energy will buzz with power shifts, significant planetary re-entries and intense ...

Californians can glimpse up to 15 meteors each hour under cloudless skies while the Lyrid meteor shower is underway. The meteors can appear anywhere in the night sky, with some leaving vivid trails in ...

Powered by one single pendulum clock, it provides a realistic image of the positions of the Sun, the Moon, the Earth and five other planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn). The planets ...

The rotation of the moon and other planets provides a natural rhythm and framework for understanding time, nature and human ...