HELENA — The planets are aligned. Six planets, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus and Saturn can be seen in the night sky.

To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...

Venus is much brighter at magnitude –4.6, sitting just to the upper right of 1st-magnitude Saturn. Both are in Aquarius ... see if you can make out its color, which should appear blue-white ...

These two next weeks offer all but one of the planets in lovely view at nightfall. Fred Schaaf goes step by step through the ...

Welcome to this month’s edition of “What’s up in the sky?” February has a nice lineup of planets and some eye-catching ...

Venus and Saturn are in close conjunction this weekend ... the red planet—visible below Jupiter—looks a golden-reddish color to the naked eye. On Jan. 13, the first full moon of the year ...

Wednesday, February 5 First Quarter Moon occurs at 3:02 A.M. EST. Nearly half a day later, the Moon passes 5° north of Uranus ...

A rare parade of planets will light up the night sky throughout January. Six planets will be in alignment for the rest of the month – four of which will be visible with the naked eye, Preston Dyches, ...

According to Space.com, Saturn and Venus will shine bright in the sky just ... and it can look like a ruddy red color in telescopes and binoculars. Uranus and Neptune won’t be visible without ...

Saturn too will have a whiteish color. Venus will be white as well, with the planet in its "evening star" phase, Dowding said. "When it sets in the west, it's the evening star. When it rises in ...

Venus and Saturn will appear very close to each other ... March 14: A total lunar eclipse will cast a deep red color over the full moon as it passes through Earth's shadow. Totality will last ...