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

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

A new paper released today documents the first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples collected by NASA for return ...

Four of the planets — Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars — are visible to the naked eye, according to NASA officials. “‘Planet parades’ are common — we had one back in June,” said ...

As the gatekeepers to the Kuiper Belt, Charon and Pluto are a unique double dwarf planet system ... and Shape of Pluto and Charon from New Horizons Images', Icarus, Vol 287, pages 12–29 ...

Timing: Dusk after sunset, but before 9 p.m. local time There are eight planets in our solar system and one dwarf planet (Pluto). Because we live on Earth, the most we could see is a maximum of seven ...

These are the last images from M-CAMs before separation for a detailed planetary study. BepiColombo's mission launched in 2018 to explore Mercury's geology, magnetic field, and exosphere. Scientists ...

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An alignment of planets will be visible starting January 17. Venus and Saturn will appear within 2.2 degrees of each other. NASA says it's pretty rare to see four or five bright planets at once.

The draft programme for the new government includes a commitment to ... in the run-up to November's voting day and Fianna Fail did include the subject in their manifesto. It followed on from ...

A European-Japanese spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury's north pole as part of only the second human survey of our solar system's innermost planet.