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

Look, up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a… Tesla?” Recently the Minor Planet Center (MPC) announced ...

An "extraordinarily rare planetary alignment" will be able to be seen in Bolton next month. Stargazers across the borough and beyond will be treated to a special event next month, with the display ...

Known as the "Parade of Planets," the celestial event will feature appearances from Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune and ...

Pristine samples of the asteroid Bennu transported to Earth contain the "basic building blocks" for life, shedding new light ...

Baker said that there are other astronomical events that may be more interesting than the parade of planets. Baker said Mars ...

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

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

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

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