With each passing night as, the crescent slowly widens and it begins to appear against a progressively darker background, its ...

A remarkable sight will appear in the southwestern sky an hour after sunset Saturday evening when Venus appears very close to a thin crescent moon.

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

Planets continue their nighttime shows, with eight visible at points during February, including Venus on Feb. 14.

Stargazers are in for a treat this weekend, with the moon and a stunningly bright Venus set to appear very close to each other ... its closest approach to Earth—10,500 miles nearer than average ...

A comet that has taken astronomers by surprise could shine as brightly as Venus in ... kilometres from Earth. Astronomers initially assumed it wouldn’t survive its orbit close to the sun ...

It will dramatically improve our understanding of Venus, and why it's so unlike its rocky "twin," Earth. Mark is an award-winning journalist and the science editor at Mashable. After working as a ...

Venus and Saturn will appear to be snuggling close in our southwestern sky after ... with the Quadrantids meteor shower, and all month so far have been seeing a bright Planet Parade across our ...

Four planets will be in the parade in January, while seven will align in February. Here's how to see the events.

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

A remarkable sight will appear in the southwestern sky an hour after sunset Saturday evening when Venus appears ... its closest approach to Earth in a given month — so Hunt is calling it a ...

A remarkable sight will appear in the southwestern sky an hour after sunset Saturday evening when Venus appears very close to a ... monthly perigee — its closest approach to Earth in a given month — ...