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

Mercury joins Venus for a few evenings, offering the best opportunity to see both planets in twilight. Mars and Jupiter dominate the late evenings, providing many hours of planetary observation ...

Venus remains rather low at dawn but slowly gains altitude as the month rolls along. Look for it in the east 45-60 minutes ...

Venus had cleared tree and I started to image that. “I’m an amateur astronomer. I’m trying to capture the beauty in Jupiter, the majesty and awe of Mars. “Venus is special and looks ...

February ends with a treat for sky-gazers: a parade of seven planets across the night sky, including Mercury, Uranus and Neptune alongside typically bright planets such as Mars, Venus, Jupiter and ...

Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune Planetary parades, or alignments, occur relatively frequently but vary in how many planets are involved and their visibility to the naked eye.

What drives us to send probes throughout the solar system and rovers and landers to Mars? It's not cheap, and it's not easy.

Six of our solar system's planets are due to line up in our night sky in a strange phenomenon often called a "planetary parade" over the coming days, but one will temporarily disappear from view.

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