In January 2025, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune were all visible in the night sky. And in February, 2025, Mercury will join the fun, with all seven of our planetary neighbors visible ...

Everyone knows about the Solar System, and the planets that make it up. They’re in space, orbiting the Sun, in an order we all at least used to be able to recite. But it was not always so.

A very rare treat is about to grace Earth's night skies.

As the planets align in relative proximity to one another in our field of view, they offer researchers unique conditions to study their interactions and behavior within the solar system.

With a radius of 3,959 miles, Earth is the fifth largest planet in our solar system, and it's the only one known for sure to have liquid water on its surface. Earth is also unique in terms of ...

That path is called the ecliptic, and it exists because all planets in our solar system orbit around the sun on roughly the same plane. Astronomers, on the other hand, look for more specific ...

Did you miss the last planetary alignment in January? Well, you're in luck. The next one is on Feb. 28 and is viewable from ...