A spectacular line-up of seven planets will be visible under UK skies during peak conditions, experts say - and the rare ...

Though the planets are always “aligned,” seeing more than four in the sky is more uncommon. February’s lineup is a chance to ...

The seventh planet from the Sun has always seemed to march to its own beat, and while it might share some similarities with other ice giants in our solar system, Uranus’ tilt has always baffled ...

Alignments of five or more planets are rare—there will be two more featuring five or more planets this year, but after that the next won’t happen until 2040.

Each pole of Uranus experiences 42 years of continuous sunlight followed by 42 years of darkness. The planet is an ice giant, made up of methane, hydrogen, and helium. It also is the coldest ...

In a celestial event known as a great alignment the five planets will be discernible with the naked eye, but to see Neptune ...

SEVEN planets are set be visible from Scotland as they light up the night sky this month. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune will appear in a rare full alignment. It will be ...

But while planetary backspins tend to get so much buzz, we often fail to acknowledge the flipside of every retrograde: a planet going direct. Uranus, the planet of sudden change, innovation and ...