The fifth planet from the sun, Jupiter is what watercolor dreams are made of. Vibrant bands of clouds ripple around its thick atmosphere, making up a world so large that more than 1,300 Earths ...

Planets Venus (top), Jupiter (middle), and Mars (bottom) rise above a mountain peak at Yading reserve in China, 2015. Photograph by Jeff Dai, Science Photo Library By Andrew Fazekas ...

A grand celestial reunion is due in Earth’s skies throughout June. Sky-watchers will get a rare chance to see all the major planets in our solar system bunched together—with the moon joining ...

The planets of the solar system all move around the same orbital plane, according to National Geographic, so when several planets are on the same side of the sun as Earth, it looks as if they’re ...

During January 2025, a large planetary conjunction involving four planets - Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars - will be visible ...

The last time multiple planets lined up in a similar pattern was in June 2024, when Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune aligned across the sky. Here’s what to know about the ...