The beautiful planetary parade continues through the end of the month, with special guest Mercury joining the pack soon.

21 and Saturday, Jan. 25 is being promoted online. It’s not specific to those dates, but six planets are now in the night sky, four of them visible to the naked eye. Sky chart showing the ...

The Pleiades is one of the most beautiful sights in the night sky. This open cluster of seven bright stars (also known as the “Seven Sisters”) is close to the ecliptic — the sun’s path ...

Standing beneath the Milky Way has always been a beautiful sight, if you were lucky enough to find dark skies on a dark night. But the revelation of recent advances in digital photography is that ...

Editor's note: If you snap a great photo of an Orionid meteor or any other night sky sight you'd like to share with Space.com and our news partners for a story or image gallery, send images and ...