The solar system's planets are set to align in the night sky in a dazzling planetary alignment, colloquially known as a planetary parade, on Friday night.
I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern latitudes).
Venus (photographed here from the ISS) and Mercury will appear close to each other after sunset, with the best view of the conjunction arriving ... the night sky will be Mars and Jupiter.
Mercury puts on its best evening apparition of 2025 for Northern Hemisphere observers during these two weeks. Venus will plummet dramatically toward its inferior conjunction on March 22 ...
Seven planets will align in a rare "parade" on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. Here's tips to get the best viewing possible.
Sadly the planets will reach conjunction after they set ... On and around February 28, experts say seven planets – Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune – could all ...