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Skygazers have been sharing their photos of the moon lining up neatly with Venus, Saturn and Jupiter in the night sky. The spectacular lunar event, taking place overnight on Monday, November 8, ...

In a rare astronomic feat on Friday night, seven planets, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Mercury, Saturn and Venus, were not ...

The bright moon passes by Saturn on Wednesday (Sept. 7), coinciding with the moon's closest approach to Earth. Currently in a waxing gibbous phase, the moon will appear near Saturn on the evenings of ...

Astronomy enthusiasts, mark September 21st on your calendars. Saturn will be at its closest and brightest, visible to the naked eye. NASA says Venus a ...

Saturn will reverse its direction today (June 17) and begin its westward path across the sky. Starting today, Saturn enters retrograde, shifting from its usual eastward movement to begin traveling ...

A viral image shared to Facebook purports to show the convergence of Jupiter and Saturn, in which the two planets appeared closer to each other than they have in centuries. "Best photo I have seen of ...

Jupiter and Saturn, the two largest planets in our solar system, came closer together than they have been in 400 years on Monday. This great conjunction made a bright splash in the night sky and was ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Each Monday I pick out the northern hemisphere’s celestial ...