Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn can be spotted without special equipment, with Uranus and Neptune requiring a telescope.

Alignments of five or more planets are rare—there will be two more featuring five or more planets this year, but after that ...

The shells of carbon-rich dust are expanding outward into space at the breakneck velocity of 1,600 miles per second.

The solar system consists of 8 planets, including Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Each ...

The six planets will be visible in the days immediately leading up to Jan. 21, and for about four weeks afterward. Mars, ...

The Alinda asteroid will be visible with binoculars in a 'once in a decade' event as it brushes past Earth, with its return ...

Alinda has made its closest approach to our planet in decades, and it's about to peak in brightness in a rare ...

Six planets will all be visible at once in the night sky this month, lined up across the sky—but one is set to disappear from view.

The newcomer replacing Pluto presently goes by “Planet Nine.” If and when it finally shows up, it will get the honor of a ...

Imagine setting off on a road trip that doesn’t just take you through charming towns, but through an entire solar system – ...

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New research suggests Pluto may have had a “kiss” with its largest moon billions of years ago in a harmless collision. The report, published in “Nature Geoscience,” describes how the minuscule dwarf ...