The moon dims, the meteors fly, and the planets dance—these are the most exciting celestial events happening this month.

Prior to 2040, the last planetary quintuplet occurred in the year 1186, and according to Uptain, records show that the close ...

Sauk Prairie will get a glimpse of one of the two eclipses that will occur over the next thirty days. The total solar eclipse ...

Elongation is the angular distance between a planet or other solar system body, and the sun as seen from the Earth, according to the night-sky tracking website StarWalk. While Mercury will be ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the weekend (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

It’s stargazing turnover time! Nighttimes are shrinking, and you’re forced to wait longer into the evening to begin your ...

Mercury puts on its best evening apparition ... Best telescopes for seeing planets in 2025 Want to see planets up close in the night sky? The Celestron NexStar 4SE is ideal for beginners wanting ...

Getty On Feb. 28, seven planets — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — will illuminate the night sky in a rare "planetary parade." According to NASA, Mercury ...

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This week, five planets are visible to the naked eye in the night sky, if you know where to look — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Uranus and Neptune also are visible with the aid of a ...

A conjunction happens when two planets appear close together in the night sky. Venus will pass within six degrees of Mercury on this date, before the pair sinks towards the horizon and sets around ...