Like a celestial parade across the cosmos, five bright planets are lighting up the night sky and visible with the naked eye ...

When you take a look deep into the night sky, Venus might look like it's noticeably yellow. Here's the science behind why it appears that way.

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

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

The best time to see the planets is after dusk on a clear night in a spot that is away from city lights and other forms of light pollution. Venus is typically the easiest to spot in the ...

Each planet takes a different length of time to orbit the sun: Venus, for instance, completes one orbit in 225 days, while Mercury zips around the star in 88 days and Saturn takes 29.4 years to ...

So long as the weather cooperates, Saturn, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and the moon will be visible Sunday evening during an open house at the Indiana University Kokomo Observatory. The open house begins at ...

Venus is a terrestrial planet in our solar system, and the second planet from the sun. Venus rotates on its axis in 243 Earth days, which is the longest day of any planet. It's the hottest planet in ...

Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has millions of fans worldwide who love the stunning images he captures and creates of the ...