Mercury is the innermost and smallest of the eight major planets in our Solar System, orbiting closest to the Sun. Though ...

Another astronomical event is set to take place next month! In the early hours of Monday, June 3, six of the eight planets — Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — will be present in the ...

Get ready skywatchers, another astronomical event will take place on June 3. A planetary alignment, or a "planet parade" according to the internet, where we'll see six planets – Jupiter, Mercury, ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - Six of eight planets in our solar system will align in a straight line in the midnight sky very soon. The planetary alignment, which has been called a "planet parade", will happen on ...

On the date of the article, Mercury and Jupiter will appear in close proximity (2° separation) at 4 PM EDT, observable in the evening twilight to the west. Both planets, Mercury (-1.3 magnitude) and ...

Celestial events like meteor showers, eclipses, and more often give stargazers a reason to look up to the sky with curiosity ...

The 2024 astronomical calendar is packed with events; And there's more to look forward to, despite the eclipse and auroras already having passed overhead. Nicknamed the "planet parade," a planetary ...

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) defines a planet as a celestial body orbiting the Sun, possessing sufficient mass for a nearly spherical shape, and having cleared its orbital neighborhood ...

Stargazers will be treated to a dazzling six- and seven-planet "alignments" in February. A planetary alignment, or a "planet parade" according to the internet, will grace our night sky just after dusk ...

Stargazers are in for a treat this week as a planetary parade is set to take place - just a month after the last planetary spectacle. This latest planetary alignment or "planet parade" - set to take ...

The alignment on June 3 will be visible in much of the Northern Hemisphere, depending on the weather Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...