In rare events, all the planets will line up such that they all appear in our night sky together along the ecliptic, the path traced by the Sun. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are all ...

But of these planets, which is nearest to the sun? Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, followed by Venus, Earth, Mars, ...

18 degrees east of the sun, on March 7. That will be the year's best evening apparition of Mercury for mid-northern observers. Venus — the resplendent evening star attains a stunning maximum ...

Venus, the brightest planet we see from Earth, will reach its maximum brightness in the evening on the western horizon after ...

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

Around the time of your romantic dinner, head outside and look to the southwest to spot the super brilliant planet in the night sky ...

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

On Feb. 24, from west to east, you can see Mercury, Saturn, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars, all spanning 117.5°, ...

Tonight starts a great week of star gazing. Here's when to watch the full moon next to Venus, and a rare planetary parade ...

It might be hard spotting Venus on Valentine's Day in Indiana because of cloudy weather. February, however, is still the best ...

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 ...