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

Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are icy bodies that vary widely in size, from large dwarf planets like Pluto and Eris—each ...

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

The solar system is portrayed as a dynamic, gossip-fueled family, with each planet offering snide comments about one another, ...

The four-planet lineup that began in January concludes by mid- to late February, as Saturn sinks increasingly lower in the ...

Take advantage of a special 6-7 planet alignment from Earth's perspective. Planets 'line up' in the skies over California in ...

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

The article humorously assigns zodiac signs to each planet, depicting their unique traits and behaviors. It presents the ...

If the solar system held a poetry slam, each planet would present its unique poetic style. Mercury delivers rapid-fire verses ...

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