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The night sky will show a rare alignment of planets in the night sky, with Venus and Mercury visible the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 25.

Mercury currently appears as a bright "evening star" in the southwestern sky at sunset. Mercury will reach its greatest eastern elongation on Oct. 29, marking one of the best evenings to see the ...

The final 'planet parade' of the year will feature six planets aligning in the pre-dawn sky on Sunday, August 10. A planetary alignment, casually called a 'planet parade,' occurs when several planets ...

This article first appeared on Wired.com. On August 10, six planets — Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune — will line up in an arc in the night sky. Four of these planets — Mercury, ...

(CNN) – It happens only a little more than once a decade. On Monday, avid star watchers will be able to look into a telescope aimed at the night sky and see Mercury pass between the Earth and the Sun.

On August 10, six planets—Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—will line up in an arc in the night sky. Four of these planets—Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn—can be seen with the ...

Mercury is visible in the western sky after sunset. Mercury appears larger than Mars through a telescope due to its proximity to Earth. Mercury is currently a gibbous shape, more than half lit.

Mini Mercury skipped across the vast, glaring face of the sun Monday in a rare celestial transit. Stargazers used solar-filtered binoculars and telescopes to spot Mercury - a tiny black dot - as it ...