While the planets are technically always "aligned" along the same plane in our sky, seeing so many at once is a special ...

Venus is particularly bright in the night sky this month, outshining even Sirius, the brightest star. For observers at mid-northern latitudes, the planet remains visible for about four hours after ...

Starting at 12:30 p.m. ET (1730 GMT) on Saturday (Jan. 25), astrophysicist Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project ...

All seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment – here’s how to spot the celestial show ...

A good tip is to take pictures early in the morning, just before dawn, because light pollution levels are low. Find the darkest patch of night sky you can. Travelling out into the countryside is best, ...

If you're interested in taking your own impressive skywatching images, we have a guide on how ... As an evening star, Mercury appears in the western sky setting about an hour after the sun.

Beautiful photos of the six planets aligned in the night sky have emerged online. Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus and Saturn are all currently lined up in a row and will be visible in the night ...