What is a planetary retrograde? And what connection does it have to astrology? We explain how planets move across the sky.

Just above Mercury and Venus – the two closest planets to the sun – will be Saturn and Neptune. To the left and a bit higher ...

Retrogrades get a bad reputation in astrology for causing chaos and confusion. At any given time—there can be multiple planets in the sky at once experiencing retrograde motion. When planets take a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. When is Mercury retrograde? It starts today, and if you ...

Sky gazers across the U.S. will have a chance to see an extraordinary celestial event on Friday as all of the planets in our solar system will appear in the evening sky. This phenomenon known as a ...

Astrology. Maybe it’s nothing more than a pseudoscience to you. Maybe—on the other hand—you use it as a tool to plan your life. Others are more in the middle, a little “astrology-curious,” perhaps.

When you hear about planetary transits and movements, it might sound complicated, but it doesn’t have to be. The planets are always moving, and just like the moon affects the tides, these celestial ...

General relativity helps explain the lack of planets around tight binary stars by driving orbital resonances that eject or destroy close-in worlds. This process naturally creates a “desert” of ...