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

You might want to keep your eyes on the skies through next month: Six planets will align in January and February.

Unlike the other planets, Uranus spins on its side. Neptune is the furthest planet ... There are two ice giants (Uranus and Neptune) which are so far from the Sun that they are frozen solid.

2025 is starting off with a bang for skygazers, with a planet parade now visible in the night sky. A planet parade is when ...

Six planets are parading across the sky, appearing as some of the night's brightest stars. A few easy tips can help you ...

How far away is Mars ... Although this isn't a problem for the closest approach, when the planets are on the same side of the sun, another problem exists. The numbers also assume that the two ...

For most of the month, six out of the eight planets will be visible in the heavens. Mercury is currently on the other side of the Sun and you are ... bright due to how far away from the Earth ...

Uranus and Neptune are never visible to the naked eye, as they are too far away from ... to be on the same side of the Sun as the Earth. But it's quite rare for six planets to align, and even ...

Venus and Saturn currently set in the west by roughly 8:30 p.m., while Jupiter sets around 4:30 a.m. and Mars is visible all ...