The planets are visible throughout February, "but they’ll be lined up best toward the end of the month,” NASA says.
Six planets will form a cosmic lineup Feb. 28 — here’s why the rare sight may be harder to spot than you think.
Grab your telescope and join us on a sightseeing tour, before the moon returns to spoil the fun!
Looking up at the night sky usually just gives us the moon and maybe a few stars, but this February is different. We’re getting a rare "planetary parade" where six planets align, and honestly, it’s ...
Look west just after sunset from this weekend for a chance to see some of six planets, though the best views will be had later this month.
Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn—will be visible to the naked eye. Uranus and Neptune, being much farther away, will ...
Stargazers, get ready for a celestial show! A planetary alignment featuring six planets will be visible in late February and ...
Planetary systems in the Milky Way galaxy tend to follow a particular pattern: rocky planets toward the center, closest to ...
Out in the Kuiper Belt, the massive doughnut of debris beyond Neptune, about one in 10 kilometer-scale objects have surprised scientists with their unexpected shape. Rather than resembling a ball, ...
A young star called V1298 Tau is giving astronomers a front-row seat to the birth of the galaxy’s most common planets. Four massive but extremely low-density worlds orbiting the star appear to be ...
Yes, there will be six planets above the horizon on February 28, 2026. No you won't be able to see them with the naked eye.
Gas giants possibly developed slowly in the solar system. They developed cores layer by layer within a disk of ice and dust ...