Mercury is farthest from the sun in Earth's morning sky on Aug. 19. Mercury will be farthest from the sun on Tuesday (Aug. 19 ...

Look above the eastern horizon in the hours preceding dawn on Sept. 1 to find Venus shining among the stars of the ...

Often obscured by the Sun, Mercury appears brightest before dawn on the 3rd, providing a great view to anyone using a telescope, binoculars, or even naked eyes.

What Mercury Looks Like Through a Telescope If you’ve never viewed Mercury through a telescope before, and you’re hoping for the rich surface detail of Jupiter or Saturn, think again.

This rare planetary alignment will be visible from August 10 but will be best viewed later in the month. Here’s everything you need to know to see it at its best.

This period where Mercury is farthest from the sun, called greatest elongation, happens twice every 116 days, or about every ...

It's not often that Mercury is far enough away from the sun to be visible in the night sky.

The Oxley Nature Center will let people use a telescope Wednesday to watch the planet Mercury cross in front of the sun, which happens only once or twice a decade.

A planetary parade of six planets is visible in the morning sky through August 20, with Mercury joining Venus, Jupiter, ...

Transit of Mercury: Observatory Releases World's Highest Resolution Telescopic Images of Rare Event BBSO says it has the highest-resolution solar telescope in the world.

Six planets are hanging out in the sky this month. It’s what’s known as a planetary parade and it’s the last one of the year.