Six aligned planets are anticipated to be viewable in the skies beginning next week with a seventh later in March. This planetary alignment will include Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Some of these planets are more easily seen with the naked eye. A telescope is recommended for more distant planets like Uranus and Neptune, according to NASA. Planets ...

NASA’s Curiosity Rover continues to make discoveries as it surpassed it’s 3,000th day on Mars, having touched down on the planet on Aug. 6, 2012.  The rover has been roaming the three-mile tall Mount Sharp on Mars since 2014, and geologists have recently been intrigued by a series of rock “benches” shown by the most recent panorama from Curiosity.  The ...