Ahead of its dance with Saturn on Feb. 24, Mercury should be seen on Feb. 19 at magnitude -1.2 with binoculars 20 minutes ...

But of these planets, which is nearest to the sun? Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, followed by Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Mercury orbits at only 0.387 ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) is ready to guide the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft through its closest encounter with ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Five planets — Saturn, Venus, Jupiter ... open horizon to the setting sun,” Cousins said. On Feb. 24, Mercury will appear close to Saturn. Scan the horizon with binoculars starting at ...

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 because of cloudy weather. February, however, is still the best month to see it.