Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will appear together in a row throughout the start of February – although Neptune and Uranus will only be visible with binoculars or a telescope.

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

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

While the composition of gas and dust in a molecular cloud is fairly uniform, everything changes once a star begins to form.

The planetary parade in February 2025 will see five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and ...

you’re peering into the vast expanse of our solar system. Each planet orbits the Sun at vastly different distances—Mercury sits about 36 million miles, while Neptune is at a stately 2.8 ...

Our Solar System is simple—one star, planets orbiting around it. But what happens in a system with multiple stars? Scientists ...

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 ...

Every so often, multiple planets in our solar system align, producing some of the ... Mercury will be positioned to Saturn's right and shining about eight times brighter.” Of course, not ...