A rare six-planet alignment is lighting up the sky this week. Here’s how to see it.

Despite the dramatic name, these alignments aren’t exceptionally rare. The last six-planet parade occurred in January 2025, ...
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Rare parade of planets to align in night sky, NASA says

(NEW YORK) -- Stargazers will soon have an opportunity to view six planets in alignment in the night sky, according to NASA. Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Jupiter will take part in a ...
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NASA's Kepler spies 3 new "Goldilocks" planets

Relative sizes of the newly discovered habitable-zone planets and Earth. Left to right: Kepler-69c, Kepler-62e, Kepler-62f and Earth (except for Earth, these are artists' renditions). Image credit: ...

Parade of Planets 2026: How to See 6 Planets Align, According to Astronomers

How to see the February 2026 parade of planets. Which planets will be visible on Feb. 28? Which will be easiest to see? Which will be hardest? What to know.
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NASA's DART planetary defense mission reveals asteroids hurling 'cosmic snowballs' at each other

New images from NASA's DART asteroid-smashing mission show space rocks exchanging material in a slow process that reshapes their surfaces over millions of years.
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Planetary Alignment February: How To See Six Planets in ‘Parade’

Stargazers this month will get to see not just two or three, but six planets in alignment across the night sky. This “planetary parade” consisting of Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus, and ...