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

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

And being so close to the sun, it will be difficult to see. With eight planets in our solar system, they all have some very interesting traits. Here's a quick look at the planets aligning ...

Mercury will join them in late February. NASA / JPL-Caltech The eight planets in our solar system all orbit the sun in roughly the same flat plane, known as the ecliptic—but they move at ...

An object eight times the mass ... onto a different course. A planet-size object that possibly once visited the solar system may have permanently changed our cosmic neighborhood by warping ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet ... could reshape our understanding of the Earth-Moon system and the broader solar system.

Aimed at the nearby star PDS 70, the James Webb Space Telescope is watching newborn planets take shape before our eyes in ...

Keep your eyes on the sky. Six planets in our solar system are coming into alignment and will be visible from Earth. AccuWeather says Saturn, Venus, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars will be ...

For much of January and February, you have the chance to see six planets in our solar system after dark, although two — Uranus and Neptune — will be tough to see without a telescope or high ...

Stargazers in parts of the U.S. have a fleeting opportunity this month to catch a rare celestial phenomena—a "parade" of ...