The celestial bodies near us, the sun and the moon and the planets, all seem to arc across the sky every day and night from east to west on that same imaginary track. From the Earth's surface ...

Sucerquia and colleagues selected five sets of spherical moons and their neighboring planets, including Earth and the moon. For each set, the team added rings to all the satellites, then simulated ...

These planets will sit between Jupiter and Venus ... of the solar system as tiny disks. All seven worlds and the moon appear strung along a line in Earth’s skies because follow a path known ...

Mars has just reached opposition—meaning the Earth is directly between it and the sun—so the Red Planet will appear at its biggest and brightest and will be visible all night. Mars is easily ...

Mars is near the moon right now. It is in opposition, making it one of the brightest objects near the moon. Opposition means that Mars is directly opposite the sun from Earth’s perspective ...

Five of the brightest planets will be visible to the naked eye. With help, you may even spot Uranus and Neptune.