Though the planets are always “aligned,” seeing more than four in the sky is more uncommon. February’s lineup is a chance to ...

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

Mercury joins the night sky to complete a 7-planet alignment just after sunset for the end of February. Saturn leaves our ...

More than a decade of data about the particles zipping around our sun can solve mysteries from the behaviour of individual ...

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

Starting up again Saturday, a sweeping view of our solar system will glow in the night sky. The planetary alignment, or a ...

Six planets are parading across the sky, appearing as some of the night's brightest stars. A few easy tips can help you ...

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

ESA's Solar Orbiter captured views of the planet Mercury passing in front of the Sun. Multiple instruments aboard the spacecraft captured the imagery. Credit: Space.com | footage & orbit animation cou ...

Planetary alignments aren't rare, but they can be when they involve six of the eight planets in our solar system.

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

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 ...