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

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.

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 ...

Although the occurrence climaxed on Jan. 21 with a conjunction—close alignment—of Saturn and Mercury, the planetary parade ...

There will also be two total lunar eclipses that occur during the March and September full moon events. A lunar eclipse, ...

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.

"With an orbital period of 570 days, it is a relatively cold gas giant planet," said Guðmundur Stefánsson of the University ...

VENUS, the so-called planet of love, is set to shine its brightest all year tomorrow – coincidentally, on Valentine’s Day. The second planet from the Sun won’t glow as bright ...

A UVic doctoral candidate led a new study that offers a clearer picture of how planets are born alongside stars, findings ...

Around the time of your romantic dinner, head outside and look to the southwest to spot the super brilliant planet in the night sky ...

According to NASA, four to five planets being visible across the sky at the same time happens only once every few years.