On Feb. 28, seven planets—Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury, and Saturn—will all grace the early evening sky.

Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard's star - one of our closest stellar neighbors - ...

A spectacular solar display will be seen on Friday, Feb. 28, as seven planets will be visible through binoculars, a telescope or even the naked eye during the evening's full "planet parade." ...

Beginning around sunset, Saturn will be situated closest to the horizon, followed by Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Mars higher ...

For the best chances, spectators should look at the sky as soon as the sun sets. That's when the planets will make a brief appearance. Tokyo started seeing the parade first, on Feb. 22 ...

The planets in our solar system orbit the sun essentially along the same line across the sky in a plane called the ecliptic. For that reason, planets in our Earthly sky always appear somewhere along a ...

Whenever planets are visible in the night sky, they always appear roughly along the same line. This path, known as the ...

The planets appear to align from Earth's perspective because they orbit the sun on the same path. Stargazers in California and worldwide were treated to a planet parade of Friday when Earth's ...

The only planet that is out of the viewing loop this month is Saturn, which is too close to the sun to be seen, reaching solar conjunction on March 12. Earth will pass through the plane of Saturn ...

All it requires is their orbits bringing them to the same side of the Sun as the Earth. But it's remarkably rare for six planets to align, and even rarer for seven. Only five planets, Mars ...

If you haven't caught the "planet parade," don't despair. This Friday should offer the best glimpse of one of the most elusive planets.