This weekend, six planets are set to share the sky in a rare “planet parade,” giving stargazers a short but magical window to ...
In March 2025, the International Astronomical Union recognised the discovery of a whopping 128 more moons orbiting around ...
Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Jupiter will appear together shortly after sunset on Feb. 28 — but is this the ...
Saturn has pulled decisively ahead in the solar system’s quiet “moon race,” with astronomers now tallying a staggering 274 natural satellites circling the ringed giant. The new count, driven by the ...
How far it is from the sun: 886 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers), on average How big it is: 72,400 miles (116,500 km) across, or almost 10 times the size of Earth. How many moons it has: At ...
Jupiter, king of our solar system’s planets, continues to dominate the night sky in February. Lying inside the zodiac ...
Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus, and Venus—will appear in the sky together in a special planet parade on Feb. 28.
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Left to right: Saturn, Uranus, and Jupiter show off their rings for various NASA spacecraft.
Six of our cosmic neighbors are expected to line up across the night sky tonight, in what has been dubbed a "planetary parade". Throughout much of January and February, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, ...
Stargazers can see six planets all in one evening during the second month of the year, especially Mercury, which is usually ...