Let’s start with Venus. The Earth-sized planet appears roughly 12″ across and doesn’t display a full face but an 86-percent-lit gibbous phase. This is because Venus is considered an inferior ...

In June 2024, a planet parade featuring Saturn, the Moon, Mars and Jupiter was on display in the morning sky but only two planets could be observed with the naked eye.

Jupiter’s version of the northern lights was discovered nearly 40 years ago. Previously, scientists were unable to pin down the exact process causing the planet to display the brightest auroras ...

Mars, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn are visible in the sky over Whitburn, England, on Jan. 29. Uranus and Neptune are there too, but a telescope is needed to see them. Simon Woodley / Cover Images via AP ...

All month, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars will appear to line up and be bright enough to see without a telescope or binoculars — with them, you can see Uranus and Neptune, too.

The planet reappears on the moon's opposite side (the dark edge) about 40 minutes before sunrise at 5:17 a.m. PDT. What a glorious sight it will be to watch it emerge and slowly part from the moon ...

Jupiter won’t be this close again for another 107 years, until 2129. Also in the evening ensemble this month is the Beehive Cluster, a cloud of about 1,000 shiny young stars.