In a cosmic coincidence, Venus — the planet named for the Roman goddess of love — will be at its brightest and best on ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

There are eight planets in the solar system, and each travels on its own path around the sun. But of these planets, which is nearest to the sun? Mercury is a strange little world. There are some ...

Saturn may be difficult to see since it will be near the sun, according to StarWalk. It's not especially remarkable for a few ...

Four planets will be widely visible to the naked eye through part of February, but calling them a 'planetary alignment' may not be the full picture.

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

According to a recent YouGov poll, 35% of Americans think Pluto is not a planet. But they are all wrong—kind of. To get to ...

According to Star Walk, "the next time seven planets will align (after Feb. 28, 2025) is likely to be around late 2028." "An ...

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