A Rare 6-Planet Parade Is Happening Soon
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On Saturday evening you’ll have a chance to catch a celestial show that’s being called the “Parade of Planets” as a planetary alignment will be visible shortly after
Stargazers can get a rare glimpse of several planets aligning this week. The event is referred to as a planetary parade, and will see several of our solar system’s residents forming a line in the night sky.
A planetary scientist and a young astronomer give tips on how to find the six planets that will be visible during the planet parade on Saturday.
An international team of astronomers has discovered a distant planetary system that challenges long-standing theories of how planets form. Across our galaxy, astronomers routinely observe a characteristic pattern in planetary systems: rocky planets orbiting close to their host star with gas giants farther away.