The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...
Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, followed by Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Mercury orbits ...
On Feb. 24, from west to east, you can see Mercury, Saturn, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars, all spanning 117.5°, ...
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have uncovered a planet so extraordinary it has defied all existing ...
Through the end of February, all the planets in our solar system will visibly align in the sky, like a trope taken straight from fiction. Watch the 2024 Geminids meteor shower at Oakland’s ...
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 course.
In the early evening, look to the southwest and you'll see Venus (the brightest object in the sky after the Sun and Moon) and ...