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

All of our solar system’s planets are lining up to parade through the night sky at once. This extraordinary celestial event will see the sky scattered with seven visible planets in what is known ...

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

While our solar system is a fascinating place on its own, exoplanets are even more of a mystery. And one exoplanet in particular is something quite new.

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

This may explain the strange properties of the orbits of our solar system's planets, which are not quite perfectly circular, and all lie on slightly different planes. NASA artist’s conception of ...

Timing: Dusk after sunset, but before 9 p.m. local time There are eight planets in our solar system and one dwarf planet (Pluto). Because we live on Earth, the most we could see is a maximum of seven ...

Dr. Jane Huang's research on planet formation in harsh environments, particularly within the Sigma Orionis cluster, offers ...

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