This Friday, all seven planets will be in the night sky for a brief period. Join the cosmic spectacle and learn where to look for each planet!
Five planets are visible to the naked eye, according to NASA: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Mars will appear reddish and high in the sky, near the Gemini constellation, Star Walk said.
Meanwhile, glowing brilliantly, well up in the southern and western sky is Jupiter. Mars, accompanied by its stellar companions Pollux and Castor, climbs almost overhead a couple of hours after ...
Jupiter is the second brightest planet in the night sky, after Venus, which allowed early astronomers to spot and study the massive planet hundreds of years ago. In January 1610, astronomer ...
The Winter Circle (or Winter Hexagon) isn’t a constellation. It is an asterism, made of bright stars in the winter evening ...
Wednesday morning is your next chance to see a spectacular sky event. Mars and Jupiter will be in conjunction, meaning basically on top of each other, making them fairly easy to view, even without ...
Stargazers will be treated to a rare alignment of seven planets on 28 February when Mercury joins six other planets that are already visible in the night sky. Here's why it matters to scientists.
NASA adds Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are frequently seen in the night sky, but the addition of Venus and Mercury are particularly noteworthy. Will UK skies be clear enough to see the planets?
The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar ... France Hawaii Telescope to repeatedly monitor the sky around Saturn. With this telescope, they could ...