It is not often that all the planets in the Solar System other than ours are lined up across the night sky for us to see. The ...

ANDES stands for ArmazoNes high Dispersion Echelle Spectrograph. AndES is a high-resolution instrument that can search for signs of life on Earth-like planets. The detection of biosignatures from ...

February brings a rare planetary parade, with five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and Saturn ...

Starting Monday, Feb. 3, the day after Groundhog Day, you should be able to see another planetary parade in the night sky, this time joined by the crescent moon. Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune ...

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Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but get a telescope and you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

Will the Lower Hudson Valley be able to see these celestial spectacles Feb. 1 and 3? It depends on the weather.

When astronomers found a large world farther out than Pluto, it became one of the final nails in the coffin of our ninth ...

Orion the Hunter and Taurus the Bull face off in the southern sky in early February as soon as it gets dark. Taurus is home to two of the brightest star clusters, the Pleiades and Hyades. Both are ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye. The six planets will be visible until February 9. You'll ...

Though the planets are always “aligned,” seeing more than four in the sky is more uncommon. February’s lineup is a chance to ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...