Uranus

The planetary parade will likely only be visible until December 31 as Mercury rapidly fades.

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn can be seen with the naked eye, while Uranus and Neptune can be observed with binoculars or a telescope.

Becky Smethurst tells Newsweek a black hole is a couch cushion, "not pulling anything towards them. But if you lose something down the side, it's gone forever."

In an influential report known as the decadal survey, planetary scientists have said visiting Uranus should be a priority for NASA.

In a double treat for skywatchers on Thursday, the Orionids peak in the morning, while Uranus will be seen in the evening in the light of a full moon.

A full moon on Halloween occurs approximately every 19 years, with the feat last happening in 2001.

On October 31, Uranus will be at its closest point to Earth.

These ancient rocks are relics of the early solar system.

A hunk of ice and rock twice the size of Earth smashed into the planet four billion years ago, researchers think.

Scientists discovered large quantities of the foul gas in the cloud tops of the planet

Neptune and Uranus could have thin exterior shells of liquid water and thick interior mantles of superionic ice water.

Huge collisions have huge consequences.

It's a special night for Uranus.

Uranus is pretty strange. Especially its magnetosphere.