The closest one to the sun is Mercury, then it’s Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The eight planets travel around the Sun at different speeds. These lines show us the ...

This happens because, although Earth and Jupiter both have orbits around the sun that are almost circular, they are not perfectly circular. Both orbits are slightly oval shaped, called elliptical ...

That’s because Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune ... It’s also the amount of time it takes Mercury to travel around the Sun. It’s the shortest orbit in the Solar System, because Mercury ...

Technically, Jupiter doesn’t orbit the sun. Here’s why. Video courtesy of NASA. Follow TI: On Facebook More from Tech Technically, Jupiter doesn’t orbit the sun. Here’s why. Video courtesy ...

When you first learned about the Solar System, you probably saw diagrams that made it look orderly, with planets arranged in ...

The fifth planet from the sun, Jupiter is what watercolor dreams are made of. Vibrant bands of clouds ripple around its thick atmosphere, making up a world so large that more than 1,300 Earths ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit before shoving four of the solar system's planets onto a different course.

Although it's being mistakenly promoted as a "rare planetary alignment," one of the best "planet parades" in half a century ...

“It will take us eight years to get to Jupiter because we need to gain energy,” said Accomazzo. “Our launcher can put us on an orbit that goes around the Sun, but that’s not enough to ...

Venus and Jupiter dance in January's evening skies ... Mercury is a -0.2-magnitude "morning star" rising 1.5 hours before the sun. In mid-twilight on the 1st, look 12 degrees to the lower left ...