The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...
All seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment – here’s how to spot the celestial show ...
Saturn, Venus, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter, Mars and Mercury will be visible in an uncommon planetary alignment this month.
An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit before shoving four of the solar system's planets onto a different ...
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 ...
Feb. 18 marks the 95th anniversary of the discovery of our outermost planet-not-planet. Here's what to know about the short ...
Aimed at the nearby star PDS 70, the James Webb Space Telescope is watching newborn planets take shape before our eyes in ...