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 ...

All of our solar system’s planets are lining up to parade through the night sky at once. This extraordinary celestial event ...

Baker said that there are other astronomical events that may be more interesting than the parade of planets. Baker said Mars ...

Stargazers will be treated to a dazzling six-planet "alignment" this January.

Worlds will align for a "planetary parade" in January, with four bright and easily visible to the naked eye. But an even ...

Ever since Isaac Newton famously talked about gravity, its dominance as a force in our solar system has been well known. It's ...

Although it's being mistakenly promoted as a "rare planetary alignment," one of the best "planet parades" in half a century ...

HELENA — The planets are aligned. Six planets, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus and Saturn can be seen in the night sky.

Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...

In the early evening, look to the southwest and you'll see Venus (the brightest object in the sky after the Sun and Moon) and ...

Astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds pummeling the equator of WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet. Reaching speeds ...