Mercury takes only 88 Earth days to orbit the sun.

Skywatchers on Thursday evening, Feb. 6, will notice an eye-catching pairing-off between two of the brightest objects in the ...

Stargazers will be treated to a rare alignment of seven planets on 28 February when Mercury joins six other ... and Jupiter could be the answer. While the tidal pull of each planet on the Sun ...

In our most basic understanding of our solar system, planets are drawn into the orbit of our massive star, the sun. But what happens ... drawn into orbit with each other. These latest findings ...

Four planets will be in the parade in January, while seven will align in February. Here's how to see the events.

One of the stars is about 2.8 times the mass of the Sun and the other is about 0.73 times the mass. They orbit each other in around 372 days. “The D9 system shows clear signs of the presence of ...

It takes Jupiter roughly twelve years to orbit the sun and it spends a year of that sojourn in each zodiac sign, exaggerating the qualities and energies of each. Associated with abundance ...

It orbits its parent star at a distance of 5.3 million miles, about 6% of the distance between Earth and the sun. This means ...

The sun's distance from Earth changes throughout the year but it has nothing to do with the seasons. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Scientists suggested the enormous object disrupted the orbits of Jupiter ... solar system formed, each planet's orbit should be arranged in concentric circles around the sun that all lie on ...