I hope you got a chance to see the moon nuzzled up to Venus on Feb. 1, and perhaps even checked out the pair through binoculars. Now, with the moon gone ...

With each passing night as, the crescent slowly widens and it begins to appear against a progressively darker background, its ...

February’s night sky gives us the bright trio of Mars, Jupiter and Venus, according to NASA skywatch experts. “Venus blazes ...

Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Catch your last views of Saturn as early in the month, the Moon passes in front of ...

The new moon of January will be at 7:36 a.m. Eastern Time on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, and two days ...

The James Webb telescope's advanced spectroscopy allowed scientists to study the planet’s atmosphere. Starlight passing through GJ 1214 ... Dubbed a "super-Venus," GJ 1214 b shares features ...

Planetary alignments aren't rare, but they can be when they involve six of the eight planets in our solar system.

This is the month to target Venus through a telescope because it sports a large disk and a pleasing crescent shape. On Feb. 1, the inner planet appears 32″ across and 38 percent lit. By the 28th ...

Look to the southwest sky after sunset on Saturday, as the sliver of a waxing crescent moon nears bright Venus with Saturn ...

That’s really the best time to view Venus through a telescope because it won’t be as glaring. However, don’t expect to see much, though, because Earth’s next-door neighbor is entirely ...