Six planets will appear together in the morning sky this month, marking the final “planetary parade” of the year, according ...

Skywatchers were treated to a celestial spectacle in August, with the Perseids meteor shower and a stunning conjunction of ...

It'll be an active sky over several days in August 2025, with planets visible, meteor showers and nebulas popping up. Here's ...

These linkups happen when several planets appear to line up in the night sky at once. Such parades are fairly common, happening around every year depending on the number of planets. At least one ...

This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times. Summer's most dazzling meteor shower, the Perseids, peaks early ...

The solar system’s smallest planet is just now becoming visible before dawn. Bright Jupiter and Venus point the way.

Venus and Jupiter, the brightest planets in our solar system, are about to make their closest approach during their August conjunction.

“They happen to be very close to each other in the sky right now,” he says. “The closest approach was actually this (Tuesday) ...

Plus: The August Full Sturgeon Moon shines, the colorful double star Albireo sparkles, and Mercury reappears in the sky this ...

Jupiter's four Galilean moons will line up in front of Jupiter in the early morning sky on Aug. 8. The predawn hours of Aug. 8 present a perfect opportunity to see Jupiter's four largest moons line up ...