Although it's being mistakenly promoted as a "rare planetary alignment," one of the best "planet parades" in half a century ...

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

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

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

Stargazers will be treated to a dazzling six-planet "alignment" this January.

Asteroid Bennu seems to have come from a long-lost world on the fringes of the solar system, where saltwater pooled and dried ...

Ever since Isaac Newton famously talked about gravity, its dominance as a force in our solar system has been well known. It's ...

In the early evening, look to the southwest and you'll see Venus (the brightest object in the sky after the Sun and Moon) and ...

A view of the Odysseus lander during the final ... Every other planet in our solar system can be seen in the sky tonight. Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter will be visible with the unaided eye.

Don't miss out on the chance to witness an incredible parade of planets this month. Here's what you need to know.

The seven planets will not be perfectly aligned, but will appear in an arc across the sky due to their orbital plane in the Solar System.

Sky watchers are in for a treat this month as the stars align to give amateurs a shot to see six planets at once.