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

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

New research shows that star activity can distort exoplanet measurements, affecting size, temperature, and atmosphere ...

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

Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury and Saturn will appear in a row on the evening of 28 February, marking the ...

Five of the brightest planets will be visible to the naked eye. With help, you may even spot Uranus and Neptune.

A planetary alignment, or a "planet parade" according to the internet, will grace our night sky just after dusk, according to ...

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

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

So long as the weather cooperates, Saturn, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and the moon will be visible Sunday evening during an open ...

Temperamental' stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant planets, suggests a new study.