These linkups happen when several planets appear to line up in the night sky at once. Such parades are fairly common, ...

Beyond the familiar planets lies a fascinating frontier filled with icy worlds, mysterious orbits, and cosmic curiosities.

But it’s not just looks. Rocky composition, general size, orbital behaviors—a lot of those qualities can be the same on both ...

How do tidal forces shape a planet's orbital evolution, especially for those in the habitable zone? A recently submitted ...

Researchers suggest gas giants might gather dark matter until their cores collapse into planet-sized black holes.

Imagine a civilization so advanced that it can harness the energy of an entire galaxy, manipulate gravity, and explore ...

Half a dozen planets - Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune - will put on a dazzling display in the sky on ...

Stargazers are excited as a rare planet parade is expected to happen this weekend bringing some of the main characters of our ...

In February 2025, a stunning planetary alignment–also known as the planet parade–allowed observers to see seven planets in the night sky simultaneously: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, ...

As missions like Kepler and TESS discovered more rocky exoplanets in recent years, scientists looked forward to the launch of ...

Five planets are currently visible from Earth at the same time, in what’s known as a planet parade – or a planetary alignment ...

The solar system has many more moons than the one we can see in the sky. But how many do we actually know about? And how many ...