Six planets will form a cosmic lineup Feb. 28 — here’s why the rare sight may be harder to spot than you think.

Six planets are above the horizon this weekend — but only two are obvious to the naked eye. Here’s what you’ll really see ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The two brightest planets to the naked eye, Venus and ...

Arizona stargazers, mark your calendars because on Friday, Sept. 19, the night sky will host a celestial conjunction. Not to be confused with an alignment, a conjunction occurs when two or more ...

On Friday, February 20, Saturn, our daddy planet of responsibility, reality, and limits, will form an exact conjunction with ...

Oregon stargazers have plenty of reasons to look up throughout August – a month marked by meteor showers, planetary conjunctions, and even a visible nebula. A formation known as the "dumbbell nebula" ...

A celestial conjunction featuring the moon, Venus, and the star Regulus will be visible on Friday, Sept. 19. This event will be bright enough to be seen without a telescope, though clouds could ...

A planetary conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets – sometimes more – appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. Both Venus and Jupiter are making ...