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

If the solar system held a poetry slam, each planet would present its unique poetic style. Mercury delivers rapid-fire verses ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Mercury takes only 88 Earth days to orbit the sun.

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

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

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

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 ...