Mini Mercury skipped across the vast, glaring face of the sun Monday in a rare celestial transit. Stargazers used solar-filtered binoculars and telescopes to spot Mercury - a tiny black dot - as it ...

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. The Nature Center's Donna Horton ...

On the date of the article, Mercury and Jupiter will appear in close proximity (2° separation) at 4 PM EDT, observable in the evening twilight to the west. Both planets, Mercury (-1.3 magnitude) and ...

Friday, June 27 The Moon passes 3° north of Mercury at 2 A.M. EDT. By evening the two are visible in the western sky, roughly 8° high an hour after sunset. The crescent Moon lies 9.5° east (to the ...

For the first time in a decade, Mercury will pass in front of the Sun in the late morning hours of Monday, May 9. Between 6:12 a.m. and 1:42 p.m. CDT, Mercury will appear as a small black dot whirring ...

Saturn is on display in the early-evening sky this month along with Uranus and Neptune, both within reach of binoculars. Jupiter dominates the night, reaching opposition on the 10th. The gas giant is ...