The eight planets in our solar system orbit the sun in roughly the same plane, because they all originally formed from the same disc of debris around the sun.

The morning sky boasts the two brightest planets. Jupiter rises soon after midnight and is well up in the south-southeast sky ...

Our planets (and their accompanying moons) revolve around the sun in the same direction the sun rotates. Yet, some comets and asteroids do travel around the sun in retrograde orbits—opposite of ...

These linkups happen when several planets appear to line up in the night sky at once. Such parades are fairly common, ...

The planets, sun and moon have significant meaning in astrology. Here's everything to know, including how they affect your daily life.

One common question people seem to have about the planets' orbits is why the planets are drifting away from the Sun, given the Sun's strong gravitational pull keeping the Solar System together.