Our Solar System is a carefully balanced celestial dance held together by a virtually perfect balance of gravity and inertia. Just how this cosmic waltz would look with a 'super-Earth' in place of the ...

Understanding how the habitability of our solar system's inner planets—Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars—would change had there been a super-Earth opposite Mars can help guide astrobiologists ...

One of the most common types of exoplanets falls in a size range between Earth and Neptune ... found in the dense CO 2 atmosphere of Venus in our solar system. But there were still many ...

Planetary alignments aren't rare, but they can be when they involve six of the eight planets in our solar system. Look for a planetary parade that includes Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune ...

In the depth of winter, a sweeping view of our solar ... sunset.Venus and Saturn are currently in conjunction, meaning the planets appear close together in the night sky from Earth.

Venus and Saturn will perform a dazzling show in the night sky this weekend, shining next to each other during a close conjunction. The planets will appear close on both Saturday and Sunday evenings.

Stargazers in India are in for a celestial treat as Venus and Saturn inch closer together ... observers alike to witness the beauty of our solar system. The conjunction is significant as it ...

A comet that flies past Earth ... the inner solar system. It is expected to make its closest approach to the Sun around Jan 13, when it may be visible, shining as brightly as Venus.

All month, four planets — Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars — will ... be just "a couple of finger widths' distance apart" from Earth's perspective, NASA said. (Though in reality, there were ...