Stargazers will be treated to a rare seven-planet alignment in February. This is what scientists hope to learn.

When I was a kid, there were nine planets. Now we know of thousands! But that includes exoplanets, alien worlds that orbit alien suns. Only eight planets call our solar system home. Or there might ...

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.

A planetary alignment, or a "planet parade" according to the internet, will grace our night sky just after dusk, according to ...

Open the Youtube video But will all eight planets (sorry Pluto) ever align all together in the sky?Well, that depends on your perspective. First off, it's actually pretty rare for planets to align ...

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 ...

This extraordinary celestial event will see the sky scattered with seven visible planets in what is known as a great planetary alignment. The eight planets in our solar system orbit the sun in ...

And being so close to the sun, it will be difficult to see. With eight planets in our solar system, they all have some very interesting traits. Here's a quick look at the planets aligning on this ...

Known as the "Parade of Planets," the celestial event will feature appearances from Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune and Saturn through the end of January, according to Farmer's Almanac. Mercury ...