Through January, many interesting astronomical events occur in the night sky. Mars is at its brightest, Venus and Saturn ...

Observations of Exoplanet WASP-69b has uncovered a 350,000-mile-long comet-like tail. The tail is a result of its escaping atmosphere. Credit: Space.com | animation: W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makare ...

The planets are aligning in an ultra-rare “planet parade” phenomenon that can be seen in the evening sky without special equipment. On 25 January, six planets will line up in a row at the same time in ...

Planetary alignments and conjunctions are fairly common, but a six-planet alignment is a bit more rare. It doesn't happen every year. You can see one this month.