Take advantage of a special 6-7 planet alignment from Earth's perspective. Planets 'line up' in the skies over California in ...

Four planets will be widely visible to the naked eye through part of February, but calling them a 'planetary alignment' may ...

New findings offer clues about the ancient origins of asteroids and their potential role in the formation of terrestrial ...

Each planet in the solar system is characterized as different cricket team players, with unique behaviors and skills. Earth ...

Does our Solar System have 9 planets or only 8? Astronomers have gone back and forth on that a lot, with Pluto now being classified as a dwarf planet. However, out beyond Neptune there could be ...

Mercury takes only 88 Earth days to orbit the sun.

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

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

These embryos, somewhere between small planetesimals and fully formed planets, were abundant during the solar system's formative stages and played a critical role in planetary formation.

A shortcut for New Yorkers to spot some of the planets is to look for them when they are near the moon. On Feb. 1, Venus will ...

Get closer to our solar companions with the best telescopes for seeing planets, just in time for February's fantastic planetary parade. Want to focus your stargazing on our cosmic neighbors ...