As Mercury closes in on its greatest elongation east (farthest from the sun in Earth's sky) on March 8, the tiny inner planet will be between Saturn and Venus close to the western horizon.

In fact, it’s not specific to tonight or even this week, but Venus, Saturn, Jupier and Mars are all now visible to the naked eye in the post-sunset night sky. Look south anytime after dark ...

All of our solar system’s planets are lining up to parade through the night sky at once. This extraordinary celestial event will see the sky scattered with seven visible planets in what is known ...

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Tonight, the two will appear a couple of degrees from each other in the eastern sky, rising together — Regulus first — about four hours after sunset. If you’ve been watching the western sky ...

(Your clenched fist held at arm's length covers about 10 degrees of sky.) The bright pair will be visible in the evening sky shortly after the sun sets, according to In-the-Sky.org. For New York ...

This new year of 2025 will bring quite a few interesting and lovely sky sights. Let’s take a look at the ones I’m most excited about. All the events are listed in Eastern time (EST or EDT ...