Mark your calendar -- you can catch Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus in the sky at the same time.

Wake up early to witness the year's most dazzling planetary pairing as Venus and Jupiter close in for a celestial rendezvous.

A new paper led by a York University professor and published today in Nature Astronomy introduces a simple theoretical ...

New research from the University of St Andrews has found that giant free floating planets have the potential to form their ...

Earth. The breakthrough boosts the search for life-supporting planets. "Are we alone?" This enduring question has fascinated ...

Mars, Europa and Enceladus are the three most promising locations in the solar system to search for life living off cosmic rays.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby ...

Five planets are retrograde in summer 2025: Pluto, Neptune, Saturn, Mercury and Uranus. Astrologically, that means in for a ...

SpaceBalls explores this wild "what-if" with hilarious (and slightly terrifying) science. Watch as planets collide, orbits unravel, and gravity goes haywire—all through our signature mix of education ...

In February 2025, a stunning planetary alignment–also known as the planet parade–allowed observers to see seven planets in ...

Four planets — Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Mars — will be visible to the naked eye. To catch sight of Uranus and Neptune, you’ll need a telescope or a pair of binoculars.

Astronomers have discovered six planets orbiting a bright star in perfect resonance. The star system, 100 light-years from Earth, was described on Wednesday in a paper published in the journal Nature.