While Mercury is the innermost planet in the Solar System, on average it spends more time closer to Earth than Venus does.

This month, if you should incline your head slightly upwards at night, you will receive a treat in the form of six of the eight planets visible in the skyline. Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun ...

January is a good month for interesting planetary alignment. You will have a lot going on in the night sky. For most of the month, six out of the eight planets will be visible in the heavens. Mercury ...

Mercury is the innermost and smallest of the eight major planets in our Solar System, orbiting closest to the Sun. Though ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar ...

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Here's everything you need to know about this week's parade of seven planets. Getty Images A seven-luminaries-deep parade of planets will line up and light up the night sky this week, folks. Just ...