Stargazing in 2025 got off to a busy start in January, with Mars glowing golden as it reached opposition, Venus dazzling in the post-sunset sky, a sudden comet appearing, and the new moon ...

Soon after sunset on Feb. 1, direct your attention to the southwest sky to view a striking celestial tableau: A slender waxing crescent moon and hovering about 2.5 degrees to its upper right will ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. What is that bright star after sunset? It’s Venus—and it's back in the evening sky. Aside from the sun and moon, there is no ...

The four bright planets will appear to line up in the night sky shortly after sunset. Venus and Saturn will be in the southwest while Jupiter lies high overhead and Mars in the east. Uranus and ...

Six planets will still be possible to see in one ecliptic plane in the southern and eastern night sky, just after sunset: Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. (Note: The circled ...

We will be one planet short of a maximum alignment. Six planets will still be possible to see in one ecliptic plane in the southern and eastern night sky, just after sunset: Venus, Mars, Jupiter, ...