Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, and Saturn will align in February Mercury and Saturn will appear closest on4 Best viewing is ...

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

Curtin University researchers have gained an unprecedented glimpse into the early history of our solar system through some of the most well-preserved asteroid samples ever collected, potentially ...

Mercury takes only 88 Earth days to orbit the sun.

February brings a rare planetary parade, with five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and Saturn ...

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

A planetary alignment, or a "planet parade" according to the internet, will grace our night sky just after dusk, according to ...

In February, six planets will align in the night sky — Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars — and be mostly visible to the naked eye. We find out how to see and more about this ...

Though the planets are always “aligned,” seeing more than four in the sky is more uncommon. February’s lineup is a chance to ...