Running Chicken Nebula is a stellar nursery located in the constellation Centaurus. See a 3D animation created from VLT ...

Although it's being mistakenly promoted as a "rare planetary alignment," one of the best "planet parades" in half a century is now taking place. Here's how to see it.

Starting at 12:30 p.m. ET (1730 GMT) on Saturday (Jan. 25), astrophysicist Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project ...

Worlds will align for a "planetary parade" in January, with four bright and easily visible to the naked eye. But an even ...

Looking for the best places in the U.S. to experience breathtaking night skies? From national parks to remote desert landscapes, these locations offer the clearest, most spectacular views of the stars ...

For much of January and February, you have the chance to see six planets in our solar system after dark, although two — Uranus and Neptune — will be hard to see without a telescope or high-powered ...

All seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment – ...

Six of our cosmic neighbors are expected to line up across the night sky tonight, in what has been dubbed a "planetary parade ...

Six planets are lining up in a row from our Earthly view of the cosmos, in a spectacle that'll be visible in January through ...

The six planets were visible in the days immediately leading up to Jan. 21, and for about four weeks afterward. Mars, Venus, ...

Venus and Saturn are currently in conjunction, meaning the planets appear close together in the night sky from Earth. These ...

Astronomer Dean Regas gives us the lowdown on the best things to look out for this winter, from a “planet parade” to the ...