The eight planets in our solar system orbit the sun in roughly the same plane, because they all originally formed from the same disc of debris around the sun. The line the sun traces across the ...

managed to snap the extraordinary sight of the solar system's planets aligning from Mendip Hills on Saturday, February 22. Experts believe this might be the first instance where all eight planets ...

Seven of the solar system's eight planets will be briefly visible in the sky on February 28, providing sky watchers with a celestial extravaganza. When many planets assemble closely on one side of the ...

Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune were already visible in the night sky after dusk this month, but Mercury joined them on Feb. 28. While it's common to see a few planets line up in the ...

Stargazers will be treated to a rare alignment of seven planets on 28 February when Mercury joins six other planets that are already visible in the night sky. Here's why it matters to scientists.

Once they are all in place, seven of the eight planets in our solar system will grace our sky. For much of the week, six of the planets may be visible, according to NASA. On Friday, however ...

Faint signatures detected by the Canada France Hawaii Telescope have revealed 128 new moons around Saturn, making it the ...

A new study presents a compelling new model for the formation of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes -- planets that are 1 to 4 times the size of Earth and among the most common in our galaxy. Using ...

Once they are all in place, seven of the eight planets in our solar system will grace our sky. For much of the week, six of the planets may be visible, according to NASA. On Friday, however ...