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

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

New findings offer clues about the ancient origins of asteroids and their potential role in the formation of terrestrial ...

New research shows that star activity can distort exoplanet measurements, affecting size, temperature, and atmosphere ...

It is not often that all the planets in the Solar System other than ours are lined up across the night sky for us to see.

Baker said that there are other astronomical events that may be more interesting than the parade of planets. Baker said Mars ...

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

THE search for alien life across our Solar System and beyond has so far kicked up nothing intelligent – let alone microbial.

The rare astronomical event will see Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury and Saturn appear at the same time, ...

Temperamental' stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant ...

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

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