Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn and Neptune will be visible in the night sky this week. Here's what you need to know.

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, March 13Look north this evening a couple hours after sunset and ...

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Six planets will be parading through the sky at the end of the month, and you won’t have to stay up late into the night to ...

The best way to see the planetary parade is to find a location with little to no light pollution and a clear view of the ...

Who’s ready for a “planet parade”? The last planetary alignment was in August 2025, when six planets aligned and four were ...

As the crescent Moon rises early this morning, it lies to the right of Uranus in the eastern sky. Although Uranus is faint - magnitude 5.8 - and best seen with binoculars or a small telescope, the ...

So, it came as a shock to many people when, in 1781, it was announced that a seventh planet, the first to be discovered since ...

On Friday night, you will be able to see the seventh planet from the sun, Uranus. Kelly Beatty, a senior editor at Sky & Telescope, joins Here & Now with detailed instructions on what to look for.

This week, for the third time in eight months, Uranus will have a "close encounter" with Jupiter. Jupiter is currently the brightest object in the evening sky, being high in the south at sunset, and ...