Images of the crescent Moon's meeting with Venus and Jupiter ...

Who’s ready for a “planet parade”? The last planetary alignment was in August 2025, when six planets aligned and four were bright enough to be seen without a telescope. Next week, Mercury, Venus, ...

A rare celestial event will occur May 18-20, 2026, as a crescent Moon aligns with Venus and Jupiter, forming a bright ...

Mercury, Saturn, Mars, and Neptune will compactly align in the sky on the morning of April 18 in an event astronomers call a planetary alignment. While the peak viewing hours of the alignment are on ...

Here’s hoping for clear skies this weekend, It’s shaping up to be a great year for stargazers - many of us have already enjoyed seeing the Northern Lights and the Quadrantid meteor shower. Read more: ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A planet parade — mistakenly called a planetary alignment by ...

A planetary alignment will be happening later this month on February 28. Six planets will be visible after sunset: Saturn, Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. However, the latter two will require a ...

On May 13–14, 2026, the Moon will align closely with Saturn, Neptune, and Mars, creating a rare planetary grouping that ...

Venus and the moon will appear close together in the sky May 18. Here's how to see the celestial conjunction around the ...

A rare six-planet "alignment" will be visible to stargazers Saturday night, Feb. 28. Soon after sunset, a planetary alignment, also known as a "planet parade," will brighten up our night sky, ...