Skygazers, mark your calendars because one of the coolest celestial events is coming around again toward the end of February.

Mark your calendars for an upcoming planet parade, as six planets and the moon get ready to align for the second half of August. At the height of this parade, on August 18, 2025, Mercury, Venus, ...

Many astronomical events, such as meteor showers, run by calendrical timings as well. But our moon and the other planets move ...

Dwarf planet Ceres reached its stationary point on August 15th, transitioning from eastward to westward motion relative to background stars, observable in the morning sky. On August 16th, a Last ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The moon will this Saturday, Aug. 16, join a “planet parade” ...

Wake up early to witness the year's most dazzling planetary pairing as Venus and Jupiter close in for a celestial rendezvous. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The best time to look for the planet parade will be 45 ...

On Saturday (Jan. 10), for example, we will see three satellites on one side of Jupiter (going outward from the planet: Ganymede, Io and Europa ), while the fourth ( Callisto) remains all by itself on ...

December offers prime observational opportunities for planets, with Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus visible in the early evening, and Jupiter prominent throughout the night, featuring multiple Galilean ...