Prior to 2040, the last planetary quintuplet occurred in the year 1186, and according to Uptain, records show that the close ...

Saturn has surpassed Jupiter, which has 95 known moons, with the new sightings. Uranus (28), and Neptune (16) are still ...

A team of scientists just discovered the longest organic molecules yet seen on Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun and and a ...

Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...

Just after sunset on Feb. 28, 2025, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will align for our viewing pleasure. A planetary alignment goes down, up high, when more than two ...

Worldwide, the best day to see the alignment is today, Feb. 28. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus could all be visible with clear skies, but not all can be seen by the ...

Saturn now leads the solar system with 274 known moons. Scientists say many moons formed from past collisions.

A rare celestial spectacle is gracing the night sky this February, as seven planets — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — are in the post-sunset sky in a phenomenon ...

The number of known moons in our Solar System has been rising for centuries, but astronomers say it has probably peaked – for ...

The color red and the planet Mars go together like Earth and its oceans or Saturn and its rings. However, our understanding of how the Red Planet got its signature hue might be wrong. A new ...

Right now, Mars is a reddish desert landscape – attractive but dead, and certainly not home to any little green men. Europa and Enceladus – moons of Jupiter and Saturn, respectively – appear to have ...