Keep your eyes on the sky. Six planets in our solar system are coming into alignment and will be visible from Earth. AccuWeather says Saturn, Venus, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars will be
Six of our cosmic neighbors are expected to line up across the night sky tonight, in what has been dubbed a "planetary parade". Throughout much of January and February, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will be visible splayed out in a long arc across the heavens, with Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn being visible to the naked eye.
You might want to keep your eyes on the skies through next month: Six planets will align in January and February.
Amazing views of Jupiter over the years via the Hubble Space Telescope. The moons of Io, Ganymede and hazy Uranus can be observed. Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, A. Simon (NASA-GSFC), M. H. Wong (UC Berkeley),
Planetary alignments aren't rare, but they can be when they involve six of the eight planets in our solar system.
A handful of planets in the solar system are expected to line up in the night sky for a few days in January 2025. Here's when to look up at the stars.
Skywatchers can spot Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars in the night sky with the naked eye, but two other planets might need a telescope to be seen.
You're running out of time to see January's planetary conjunction. Head outside and look up so you don't miss this cosmic show.
Directly to the right of Orion is Jupiter and left of it is the unmistakable red disc of Mars. The best time to view the planetary alignments is about 7pm in the evening. Uranus is also high in the night sky, visible to the right of Jupiter. Neptune is only visible with a telescope in the same area of sky as Venus and Saturn.
ON January 25, 2025, a rare planetary alignment will be visible in the night sky. Six planets—Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—will appear to align together, forming a line across the sky.
Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune will align for our viewing pleasure — from now until mid-February. A planetary alignment goes down, up high, when more than two planets align ...