“When it’s brightest, Venus appears as an eerily eye-catching beacon,“ EarthSky wrote. ”Many mistake it for a UFO. It’s ...

February is the best month to see Venus. But clouds, storms might make it hard to spot in Mississippi on Valentine's Day. How stargazers see it.

Skywatchers on Thursday evening, Feb. 6, will notice an eye-catching pairing-off between two of the brightest objects in the ...

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A Month of Bright Planets Venus blazes at its brightest for the year after sunset, then Mars and Jupiter to rule the night ...

Take advantage of a special 6-7 planet alignment from Earth's perspective. Planets 'line up' in the skies over California in ...

Mercury joins the night sky to complete a seven-planet alignment just after sunset for the end of February. Saturn leaves our ...

February’s night sky gives us the bright trio of Mars ... only to reappear as a morning object in April.” Venus goes though phases like the Moon, where parts of it are visible to us, given ...

Venus—the second brightest object in the night sky after the moon—will shine 110 times brighter than Saturn. It's not correct to call the gathering of planets an alignment. “Planets always ...

Skywatchers on Thursday evening, Feb. 6, will notice an eye-catching pairing-off between two of the brightest objects in the nighttime sky. The moon, nearly two nights past first quarter and ...

Visual observers and astrophotographers alike can find something amazing to observe along the plane of our galaxy.

To the southeast will be Jupiter, shining as the brightest object in that sector of the sky. Meanwhile, shift your gaze to the southwest to spy Venus, glowing even brighter than Jupiter ...