Does our Solar System have 9 planets or only 8? Astronomers have gone back and forth on that a lot, with Pluto now being classified as a dwarf planet. However, out beyond Neptune there could be ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

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

February will be an awe-inspiring month for astronomy enthusiasts who will be able to the see the solar system's planets ...

Our solar system’s planets are set to align in a seven-strong planetary parade this week that will be visible in the UK night ...

The planetary parade in February 2025 will see five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and ...

It is not often that all the planets in the Solar System other than ours are lined up across the night sky for us to see.

New research shows that star activity can distort exoplanet measurements, affecting size, temperature, and atmosphere ...

This provides another piece of the puzzle to understand how planets and ... New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved based on analyses of trans ...

While the composition of gas and dust in a molecular cloud is fairly uniform, everything changes once a star begins to form.

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