In the beginning there were five planets. Our ancestors watched them for millennia knowing they differed from the stationary stars in the heavens — they wandered. They were given names and mythologies ...

In ancient times, there were only five major planets, not including Earth. The classical planets are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, which were observed by many civilizations around the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (NewsNation) — Stargazers will have a chance ...

Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun, may initially look like a bland, blue-green ball. But there's a lot to love about the icy giant, from its 13 rings to its 27 known moons to the fact that it ...

We have been blessed with bright planets to easily see in the evening sky (Mars, Saturn and Jupiter) and early morning sky (Venus). Let’s try for another you can easily see with a pair of binoculars!