Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The four planet-strong “planet parade” — mistakenly called a ...

Skygazers, mark your calendars because one of the coolest celestial events is coming around again toward the end of February.

Venus looks like Earth’s twin at first glance, yet its rotation behaves like a cosmic prank. The planet spins backward, ...

February ends with a treat for sky-gazers: a parade of seven planets across the night sky, including Mercury, Uranus and Neptune alongside typically bright planets such as Mars, Venus, Jupiter and ...

Like a celestial parade across the cosmos, five bright planets are lighting up the night sky and visible with the naked eye all February long — with two other planets also detectable for skywatchers ...

When it comes to the question of which planet humanity could one day call home, the obvious choice might seem to be Mars. But surprisingly, Venus might actually be a better candidate for human ...