February brings a rare planetary parade, with five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and Saturn ...

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

This extraordinary celestial event will see the sky scattered with seven visible planets in what is known as a great planetary alignment. The eight planets in our solar system orbit the sun in ...

The eight major planets of our Solar System orbit the Sun ... or billions of miles through space to hit your retinas." Getty Images Stargazers will be able to enjoy the sight of the planets ...

Here's everything you need to know about the stunning parade of planets lighting up the night sky this winter. A six-pack of planets will line up and light up the night sky this month, folks.

When I was a kid, there were nine planets. Now we know of thousands! But that includes exoplanets, alien worlds that orbit alien suns. Only eight planets call our solar system home. Or there might ...

In a recent study, an international team of astronomers used ALMA to capture high-resolution images of eight protoplanetary ... indications that giant planets are forming. This was surprising ...

There are eight planets in the solar system, and each travels on its own path around the sun. But of these planets, which is nearest to the sun? Mercury is a strange little world. There are some ...

A rare parade of planets will light up the night sky throughout January. Six planets will be in alignment for the rest of the month – four of which will be visible with the naked eye, Preston Dyches, ...