A "super-Earth" planet found outside of our solar system could have conditions suitable for life, according to experts at the University of Oxford. Researchers said the planet has a mass six times ...

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.

Ever since Isaac Newton famously talked about gravity, its dominance as a force in our solar system has been well known. It's responsible for the orbits of the planets and their satellites ...

Tonight, January 25, sky enthusiasts will witness a rare Planet Parade—a celestial event featuring the alignment of six planets. Visible planets include Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars to the ...

Beautiful photos of the six planets aligned in the night sky have emerged online. Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus and Saturn are all currently lined up in a row and will be visible in the night ...

But last night showed six planets in alignment across the night sky for the first time in 100 years. The planets Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will be visible in the night sky ...

Throughout January and February you'll be able to see a number of planets across the sky at night. They include Venus, Jupiter and Saturn, easily visible to the naked eye as bright white points of ...

Of the seven planets other than Earth in our solar system, you typically can see only a few at a time. But right now is your chance to view almost all of them at once. This month, six planets are ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has given astronomers groundbreaking insight into a new type of planet described as unlike anything in our solar system. The discovery of the exoplanet, which orbits ...

An object we thought belonged to the most common category of planet in the galaxy has turned out to be something we've never seen ... because we have nothing directly analogous to them here in our ...

"It's really cool to be able to sort of get a family photo, in a way, of the entire solar system." Want to see the planets of the solar system? The Celestron NexStar 4SE is ideal for beginners ...

Keep your eyes on the sky. Six planets in our solar system are coming into alignment and will be visible from Earth. AccuWeather says Saturn, Venus, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars will be ...