Planetary alignments occur when multiple planets from our solar system appear together in the night sky. There are four major categories of planetary alignments: mini (3 planets), small (4), large ...

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It's not often that planets align in the night sky. Attention, stargazers: Another celestial phenomenon is set to appear in the night sky Friday evening. Seven planets -- Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, ...

Skywatchers who spotted the Jupiter-Venus conjunction on Aug. 12 are in for a dazzling display in the night sky through the end of August, with a "planet parade" building in the eastern sky, with ...

Four planets should appear aligned in the early morning sky next week, but get ready to see this before the sun rises. On the morning of April 17, Mercury, Venus, Neptune and Saturn will take part in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. For five consecutive mornings, beginning on Aug. 17, early ...

Humans should look to planetary alignments outside of the solar system when searching for signatures of extraterrestrial communications, scientists say. The nascent search for radio transmissions from ...

If you're an early riser, you're in for a treat. On Sunday, Aug. 10, six planets — Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — will line up in what is called a "planetary alignment." This ...

Stargazers will be able to see a large planetary alignment in August The Farmer's Almanac website puts prime viewing for the planetary alignment on Aug. 18, "45 minutes before sunrise" It's been a ...