Planetary alignments are among the most awe-inspiring phenomena in the sky. They happen when several planets appear to gather ...
The new calendar year is approaching, and the first two months will offer some sky-watching perks, as the night sky will light up with a six-planet parade alignment. In January and February 2025, ...
five-planet alignment with Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter and Uranus. The five-planet line-up is the result of all the planets traveling around the solar system at different speeds, with causes apparent ...
The solar system is flat and all the planets orbit ... The planets are often in a loose alignment. Sometimes, they are bunched up, but not particularly so on June 3. In fact, the entire pre ...
Data processing for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and IRIS probe are down for a while, thanks to a burst water pipe in a server room used by the missions. The European-Japanese BepiColombo probe ...
When 'Oumuamua traversed our solar system in 2017 it was the first confirmed Interstellar Object (ISO) to do so. Then in 2019 ...
Test your knowledge on our solar system, from the biggest and smallest planets to the behemoth mountain on Mars.