But of these planets, which is nearest to the sun? Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, followed by Venus, Earth, Mars, ...

The eight planets travel around the Sun at different ... Saturn is best known for its rings, which are made of chunks of ice and rock. Uranus and Neptune are the furthest planets from the Sun.

Stargazers will be treated to a rare seven-planet alignment in February. This is what scientists hope to learn.

When I was a kid, there were nine planets. Now we know of thousands! But that includes exoplanets, alien worlds that orbit alien suns. Only eight planets call our solar system home. Or there might ...

If you were waiting for the planets to align so that they are within 1 degree of each other (and assuming the Sun and the planets cheated their demise) you would have to wait around 13.4 trillion ...

8 planets orbit the Sun ... which is actually a star. Jupiter made of gas, not somewhere you can tread. Saturn's got rings, and is gas too, Uranus then Neptune are cold and blue.

(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.