From January to March, the night sky will host a spectacular parade of planets featuring Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus ...

A singular rotation of Venus takes 243 days on Earth, according to NASA. Farther out in the solar system is another oddball planet, Uranus, which spins on its side. Astronomers do think a huge ...

Earth (like Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus) is surrounded by a relatively ... 11.5 degrees with respect to the planet’s axis of rotation, which is what defines the geographical ...

This means that one lunar rotation on its axis corresponds to the time of revolution around Earth, equal to 29.5 days. On a daily basis, the moon appears to move eastward in the sky by 12°, and ...

On this date, Jan. 24, 1986, Voyager 2 began beaming images from Uranus, giving scientists unprecedented data and insights ...

Starting at 12:30 p.m. ET (1730 GMT) on Saturday (Jan. 25), astrophysicist Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project ...

Although Uranus has rings, they are too faint to see, even with viewing equipment. However, if you have a powerful backyard telescope, you could potentially see its moons. Uranus rises in the ...

“The best fudge comes from Uranus,” are you kidding me? Now presidents do issue legal opinions, sort of. The Justice Department works for the president and derives all of its constitutional ...

Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus and Saturn will align ... If a planet falls within your particular zodiac sign, Thomas says its effects will "especially" be felt in comparison to those ...

Worlds will align for a "planetary parade" in January, with four bright and easily visible to the naked eye. But an even ...