January is a good month for interesting planetary alignment. You will have a lot going on in the night sky. For most of the ...

But what’s it like on other planets? There are eight planets in our solar system. The closest one to the sun is Mercury, then it’s Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

Artwork: the Kepler-90 system is the first to tie with our Solar System in number of planets Nasa has found a distant star circled by eight planets, equal to the complement in our own Solar System.

The solar system is primarily comprised of our sun — which makes up the vast majority of its mass — and the eight planets ... Constellations quiz: Can you name all the animals, objects ...

Each evening, enjoy a sweeping view of four planets at once. Also look for Mars occulted by the Moon and meteors!

This stunningly ambitious series brings to life the most memorable events in the history of the solar system, by using ground breaking visual effects to tell the thrilling story of all eight planets.