Astrophotographers start twitching because seven planets -- Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune -- will be briefly visible in the night sky this week. [Read More]
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A creative photographer used ancient and mythical rocks as the basis of a 360-degree "stellar flower" image that shows the passage of day into night and the setting of Venus and the Moon. [Read More]
Photographers around the world may want to point their lenses to the western night sky tonight to capture a rare image of five planets lined up. [Read More]
A photographer captured Venus and Jupiter over a period of 10 days as they converged toward each other in the night sky, practically kissing one another at the apex. [Read More]
There aren't many good photos of Venus, and even fewer have been captured from the planet's surface. Distance alone can't explain the relative lack of pictures of Earth's second-nearest neighbor. [Read More]
The last few days have seen a parade of planets lined up in the night sky with Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Mars, Jupiter, and the moon all visible -- a planetary alignment that won't happen again until 2040. [Read More]
Starting in April, the northern hemisphere will be treated to an alignment of up to five planets and the moon, all visible together. Planetary alignments, especially at this scale, aren't common and could prove to be an excellent photo opportunity. [Read More]