Starting at 12:30 p.m. ET (1730 GMT) on Saturday (Jan. 25), astrophysicist Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project will stream live telescope views of all six of the planets in marching order.

The four planet-strong "planet parade" currently visible to the naked eye in the night sky for a short time after sunset will ...

Mercury takes only 88 Earth days to orbit the sun.

A new study rewrites the story of human evolution, suggesting that intelligent life is not rare but a natural planetary ...

The planets are lining up ... the Virtual Telescope Project plans to broadcast a live feed from its telescopes in Tuscany. The livestream, below, is set for Saturday beginning at 12:30 p.m ...

Could humans survive on other planets? What would it take to live on Mars, Venus, or even a moon like Titan? From low gravity to toxic atmospheres, every planet presents a unique challenge. Watch as ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit before shoving four of the solar system's planets onto a different course.

Here's everything you need to know about the stunning parade of planets lighting up the night sky this winter. A six-pack of planets will line up and light up the night sky this month, folks.

but before 9 p.m. local time There are eight planets in our solar system and one dwarf planet (Pluto). Because we live on Earth, the most we could see is a maximum of seven planets total. However, ...

Stargazers will be treated to a dazzling six-planet "alignment" this January. A planetary alignment, or a "planet parade" according to the internet, will grace our night sky just after dusk ...

High radiation during a time of frenzied star formation in the Milky Way left one stellar population with few chances to form planets, a study reports.