On February 28th, 2025, a rare planetary alignment will grace skies worldwide. Discover where to witness this wonder.

The planet is lost in twilight over the next few days. The Moon occults some stars in the Pleiades early on the evening of Jan. 9. The event takes place in darkness on the East Coast and begins in ...

which move in a straight line as they orbit the planet and will sparkle a bit. To Jupiter’s right will be the Pleiades, also known as the Seven Sisters. Just beneath that is Uranus, which like ...

The study of the universe is a subject that never ceases to amaze the scientific community. If being able to know what is beyond our atmosphere has been something that has always b ...

You'll be able to spot this planet below the Pleiades star cluster in the west-southwest under darkness. Now coming to the trickier planets. Saturn was a great planet to observe at the start of ...

Now, using a powerful NASA supercomputer called "Pleiades," scientists have discovered ... and the inner rocky planets Mars, Earth, Venus, and Mercury. The population of the Oort Cloud, often ...

The first week in December found Mars due south of the Pleiades and but a few degrees ... of profit from noting the motions of these two planets' relation to the stars. The accompanying diagram ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. The four planet-strong “planet parade” — mistakenly ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern latitudes).