The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

Stargazers can witness a rare 'planet parade' in January and February 2024, where six planets align prominently in the night ...

Dr Dan Brown, an astronomy expert here at Nottingham Trent University, explained to The Sun: "All planets including Earth move in more or less the same plane in our solar system. "So that from ...

Though the planets are always “aligned,” seeing more than four in the sky is more uncommon. February’s lineup is a chance to ...

You might want to keep your eyes on the skies through next month: Six planets will align in January and February.

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but get a telescope and you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

A shortcut for New Yorkers to spot some of the planets is to look for them when they are near the moon. On Feb. 1, Venus will appear just above the crescent moon. On the third day of the month, ...

Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that ...

Beautiful photos of the six planets aligned in the night sky have emerged online. Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus and ...