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

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

The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

An event called a "ring plane crossing" will occur between Saturn and Earth on March 23, 2025, when Saturn's rings will ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...

Using a small telescope one can also discern the planet’s oblateness, or flattening at the poles. Continued study of Saturn’s ring system can yield new understandings of orbital dynamics, applicable ...

NASA has shared details of what to look out for in the night sky this month, with the moon appearing alongside a parade of ...

If planets had social media accounts, the solar system would showcase a frenzy of ... how it’s the biggest and most powerful planet. Saturn is a career mentor, constantly humblebragging about ...

Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...

According to NASA ... view of our solar system will glow in the night sky. In total six planets will be visible, four of them to the naked eye - Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.

Then you will need a suitable telescope, one which can offer superb views of the other bodies in the solar system ... planetary parade, when Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, and Saturn line up ...

2025 is starting off with a bang for skygazers, with a planet parade now visible in the night sky. A planet parade is when several of our solar system's planets are visible in the night sky at the ...