Four planets will be widely visible to the naked eye through part of February, but calling them a 'planetary alignment' may not be the full picture.

A small NASA exoplanet probe now has a ride to Earth orbit. Pandora will lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than this fall, according to NASA officials. Pandora will head to low Earth orbit.

Four of the planets — Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars — are visible to the naked eye, according to NASA officials. “‘Planet parades’ are common — we had one back in June,” said ...

On any given night, it's likely that knowledgeable stargazers will be able to spot at least one bright planet shining in the night sky. Because they don't happen every year, such cosmic displays ...