“When it’s brightest, Venus appears as an eerily eye-catching beacon,“ EarthSky wrote. ”Many mistake it for a UFO. It’s ...

At peak magnitude, seek out the goddess of love planet in a clear blue sky in the west-southwest during daylight hours, being ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

The four planet-strong "planet parade" currently visible to the naked eye in the night sky for a short time after sunset will ...

February is the best month to see Venus. But clouds, storms might make it hard to spot in Mississippi on Valentine's Day. How ...

Jupiter has been high in the sky in the evening lately, and that stirred a memory of the first time I ever saw Jupiter ...

It might be hard spotting Venus on Valentine's Day in Indiana because of cloudy weather. February, however, is still the best ...

The zodiacal light shines in the evening as the Moon reaches Last Quarter and skims past Spica and Antares in the sky this ...

That is the best time to view Venus through a telescope because it will not be as glaring. However, do not expect to see much because Earth’s next-door neighbor is entirely surrounded by a thick ...

Venus will remain at peak brightness for much of the month, and if you observe it through steadily held binoculars or a small telescope, you'll see it as a crescent. As February progresses ...

Venus blazes above the southwest horizon as it gets dark, you can’t miss it. Mars is in the East as it gets dark and has faded in brightness. In a small telescope, some surface features can be ...

This is the month to target Venus through a telescope because it sports a large disk and a pleasing crescent shape. On Feb. 1, the inner planet appears 32″ across and 38 percent lit. By the 28th ...