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

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

Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars are all visible after sunset, but social media claims about it being a rare "planetary ...

and for mere mortals the dream of those amazing deep space images remains out of reach. It’s not completely impossible for the night sky to deliver impressive imagery on a budget though ...

Standing beneath the Milky Way has always been a beautiful sight, if you were lucky enough to find dark skies on a dark night. But the revelation of recent advances in digital photography is that ...

"In January, you'll have the opportunity to take in four bright planets in a sweeping view" said Preston Dyches of NASA's Jet ...

A good tip is to take pictures early in the morning, just before dawn, because light pollution levels are low. Find the darkest patch of night sky you can. Travelling out into the countryside is best, ...

January’s full moon, the “Wolf Moon,” rose alongside Mars at its brightest, occulting it for a short period as seen from ...

If you're interested in taking your own impressive skywatching images, we have a guide on how ... As an evening star, Mercury appears in the western sky setting about an hour after the sun.