Mercury is due to join Venus and Jupiter in the night sky for an uncommon celestial event commonly known as a planet parade.

Celestial bodies are in constant motion. This creates a kaleidoscope of cosmic proportions in the night sky. Every evening that you look up, the stars and planets are in a different configuration.

The two planets will not appear this close again until 2028, and will be visible without a telescope after sunset.

This week, Venus and Jupiter will be the most visible planets. Venus will be low in the western sky, and the best viewing time will be about 50 minutes after sunset. Jupiter is the second brightest ...

The bright planets will appear within a pinkie width of each other this June—their closest alignment until 2028.

Mercury, Saturn, Mars, and Neptune will compactly align in the sky on the morning of April 18 in an event astronomers call a planetary alignment. While the peak viewing hours of the alignment are on ...