A shortcut for New Yorkers to spot some of the planets is to look for them when they are near the moon. On Feb. 1, Venus will appear just above the crescent moon. On the third day of the month, ...

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 ...

One lucky East Lancashire stargazer caught a glimpse of the rare celestial phenomenon - the planetary alignment.

It's not especially remarkable for a few planets to line up in the sky, but the sight of four or five brilliant planets at once is less common, according to NASA. How does the ali ...

Starting up again Saturday, a sweeping view of our solar system will glow in the night sky. The planetary alignment, or a ...

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

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