Skygazers, mark your calendars because one of the coolest celestial events is coming around again toward the end of February.

A rare triple conjunction of Venus, Mars and Mercury is happening on the opposite side of the solar system to where Earth is, ...

A rare celestial event on Feb. 28 will offer skywatchers the chance to witness a "planet parade" of all seven planets in our solar system outside of Earth. It's the last time this type of planetary ...

This year, the Perseids meteor shower (typically the most impressive of the year) was washed out by a bright full Moon. Fortunately, skywatchers have a consolation prize in August with the second and ...

Four of the planets, which are Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn, are bright enough to be spotted with the naked eye in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A “planet parade” is building in the eastern sky before ...

Shining in the constellation Gemini near the bright stars Pollux and Castor, Jupiter's opposition is the best time to see the ...

Skywatchers who spotted the Jupiter-Venus conjunction on Aug. 12 are in for a dazzling display in the night sky through the end of August, with a "planet parade" building in the eastern sky, with ...

This article first appeared on Wired.com. On August 10, six planets — Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune — will line up in an arc in the night sky. Four of these planets — Mercury, ...

The star system V1298 Tau reveals that many planets begin as large, low-density worlds that slowly shrink and shed their ...

Astronomers have captured an exceptionally rare view of young planets in mid-transformation, revealing how bloated, giant worlds may shrink into the most common planets in the galaxy. Astronomers have ...