Planets are born, and they can also "die." So what's the lifespan of a typical planet?

Yes, there will be six planets above the horizon on February 28, 2026. No you won't be able to see them with the naked eye.

Look west just after sunset from this weekend for a chance to see some of six planets, though the best views will be had later this month.

Stargazers, get ready for a celestial show! A planetary alignment featuring six planets will be visible in late February and early March 2026. Here's how to see it.

We will not see a clear lineup of all the planets across the evening sky.

Explore the visibility of Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn in February 2026. Discover observation dates, locations and details based on Space.com and NASA data.

Scientists have identified a rocky outer planet in a system where a gas giant was expected. The discovery challenges traditional models and supports the idea that planets may form one by one in ...

General relativity helps explain the lack of planets around tight binary stars by driving orbital resonances that eject or destroy close-in worlds. This process naturally creates a “desert” of ...

Gas giants possibly developed slowly in the solar system. They developed cores layer by layer within a disk of ice and dust ...

A young star called V1298 Tau is giving astronomers a front-row seat to the birth of the galaxy’s most common planets. Four massive but extremely low-density worlds orbiting the star appear to be ...

The first major planetary alignment of 2026 will take shape after sunset at the end of the month, when six planets line up ...

Astronomers may finally understand why planets orbiting two suns, the real-world equivalents of the "Star Wars" planet ...