Discover the order of planets in the solar system. From Mercury to Neptune, explore our solar system and learn more about our cosmic home.

Don't worry though—it's not like one planet simply fell out of the solar system. We'll explain what happened and also show you some tricks for remembering the order of all of the planets that ...

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

All eight of the solar system’s “major” planets appear in this illustration, but the actual number of planetary bodies orbiting our star is far greater.

The eight planets in the solar system in the increasing order of their distance from the Sun are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. ByShikha Goyal.

Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to oblivion ...

For a few evenings around 28 February, every planet in the solar system will be visible in the night sky, thanks to a rare great planetary alignment. Here's how to make sure you don't miss this ...

The Sun is orbited by eight planets, at least five dwarf planets, tens of thousands of asteroids, and around three trillion comets and icy bodies. Although not all objects of the solar system are ...

The planet parade is not an extremely rare occurrence — it tends to happen at least every couple of years. In fact, the eight-planet alignment last happened in June .