The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

From eerie green storm clouds to blood-red sunsets, the sky over America has changed into some shocking colors throughout ...

If you needed a sign from the cosmos, the planets are in fact aligning for you this evening. ValleyCentral spoke to Christian Hernandez, Program Specialist at UTRGV for the Center of Excellence in ...

There are eight planets in the solar system, and each travels on its own path around the sun. But of these planets, which is nearest to the sun? Mercury is a strange little world. There are some ...

But what’s it like on other planets? There are eight planets in our solar system. The closest one to the sun is Mercury, then it’s Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

(The last time all seven planets aligned was on April 8, 2024, during the total solar eclipse). Aug. 29, 2025: Six planets – Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

8 planets orbit the Sun. The closest are the four rocky planets, the remaining gas planets inhabit deeper space. The solar system is also home to many other cosmic bodies including asteroids ...