The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.

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

ANOTHER, even rarer, ‘planet parade’ is set to grace skies very soon. For one night only, all seven other planets in the ...

Worlds will align for a "planetary parade" in January, with four bright and easily visible to the naked eye. But an even ...

Stargazers can witness a rare 'planet parade' in January and February 2024, where six planets align prominently in the night ...

Four planets will be in the parade in January, while seven will align in February. Here's how to see the events.

From January to March, the night sky will host a spectacular parade of planets featuring Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus ...

A planet that may support alien life has been discovered less than 20 light-years from Earth. The "promising" super-Earth - ...

Earth will reach its closest point to the ... Dwarf planet Pluto, on the other hand, has a fairly squashed orbit. Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, has the most eccentric orbit, with the ...

Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, completes an orbit – a year for the planet – in 88 days. Earth's year, of course, is 365 days, while at the upper end, Neptune takes a whopping 60,190 ...

Mercury's placement will be low on the horizon ... in our solar system Our solar system is made up of nine planets with Earth the third closest to the Sun. But each planet has its own quirks ...