It was also the first time I noticed how a lunar eclipse could affect animal behavior. When the moon was still bright, a nearby male American woodcock repeatedly broadcast his buzzy "peent" call in ...

Nearly all of the solar system’s planets are about to file across the night sky in a planetary alignment, and it will be ...

Six planets are set to align on Saturday, creating a planetary parade that will be visible to sky-gazers across the globe.

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. For five consecutive mornings, beginning on Aug. 17, early ...

A celestial planet parade of six planets will lineup in the sky for the next planetary parade this weekend. Here's what to know and where to watch.

Six planets will parade across the sky this weekend in a rare celestial spectacle. For the next few days, Jupiter, Saturn, ...

The occasion will see Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune align, with some of the planets visible to the naked eye.