Planetary alignments involving the planets in our solar system are not exceedingly rare, but the visible lineup of four or five planets in the night sky only occurs every few years, according to NASA.

Here's what to know about this weekend's planetary parade and how to see it. What is a planetary alignment? A planetary alignment can be used to describe various outer space phenomena.

A planetary alignment or parade of six planets has been visible since the first part of February. However, on Friday, Feb. 28, Mercury joins the sky soup, making for a cool seven and upgrading the ...

What to know about asteroid with small chance of hitting Earth in 2032 04:19. Seven planets are aligning in the night sky this week, creating a brief chance to see a "planetary parade." Worldwide ...

How the planetary parade could affect every zodiac sign, according to astrologer Valerie Mesa. On Feb. 28, all seven planets in our solar system — Mercury, Venus, Mars, ...

As Time Magazine reports, a planetary parade is mostly an optical illusion. Unlike the 1974 alignment of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune captured by the Voyager spacecraft, ...

So-called planetary parades are not super rare, according to NASA, but they don't happen every year. There was a planetary parade in June 2024 when six planets — Mercury, Jupiter, Uranus, Mars ...

February's evening sky will showcase a rare planetary parade, with seven planets aligning across the sky. Don't miss Mercury and Saturn aligning on Feb. 24 for a stunning highlight.

While the planetary parade this month depends on your point of view – any two planets in our system can be aligned if you are positioned at the right angle – it's not impossible to imagine ...