This phenomenon, known as a 'planetary parade' is a rare sight, and it will be the last time seven planets can be seen simultaneously so well until 2040. The best chance to see as many planets as ...

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Four of the planets - Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Mars - will be visible to the naked eye. Saturn will be harder to see, and you will need a telescope to spot Uranus and Neptune.

Seven planets will line up for a rare "planetary parade" today (Feb. 28) and you can watch it live online, beginning at 12:00 p.m. ET (1700 GMT).

Seven planets are aligning in the night sky this week, creating a brief chance to see a "planetary parade." Worldwide, the best day to see the alignment is today, Feb. 28. Mercury, Venus ...

By Katrina Miller Astute skywatchers may have already seen the striking line of planets across the night sky in January. This week Mercury joins the queue. Now every other world in our solar ...

An unusual spiral appeared in the sky above the UK on Monday night, leading some people to wonder what was going on. It is ...

“When this happens, we can see multiple planets in the night sky.” The reason we don’t see all the planets every night is due to their varying orbital periods. For example, Venus and Mercury ...

Each night this week, the planets will be visible for about 90 minutes after sunset before some begin to fade from view.

From a partial solar eclipse, to bright planets, and the end of the meteor shower 'drought', there is plenty to see in the ...