In a celestial event known as a great alignment the five planets will be discernible with the naked eye, but to see Neptune ...

To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...

Uranus has the craziest tilt in your Solar System. Its tilt is about ninety-eight degrees. That means its north pole is ...

Venus and Saturn are currently in conjunction, meaning the planets appear close together in the night sky from Earth. These two planets are visible in the southwest sky. Mars is currently at ...

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

Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Catch your last views of Saturn as early in the month, the Moon passes in front of ...

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.

A person shines a flashlight into the night sky on Feb. 3, 2025. (Photo by Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images) ...

Skywatchers: February's celestial events include the Snow Moon, Venus's peak brightness, and a stunning planetary alignment.

A French astrophotographer has captured a stunning photo of Venus and the moon shining above the Eiffel Tower in Paris, ...

It's easy to forget we're standing on one of the best viewing platforms in the solar system – Planet Earth ... night's sky – Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus.

If planets had social media accounts, the solar system would showcase a frenzy of unique personalities. Mercury tweets at ...