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After Friday's spectacle, a "planet parade" of this size won't appear in the night sky for several years, experts say.

In January 2025, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune were all visible in the night sky. And in February, 2025, Mercury will join the fun, with all seven of our planetary neighbors visible ...

Because they all orbit in the ecliptic plane, we see them in a magnificent arc across the night sky — the great parade. Related: Planetary parade February 2025: When, where and how to see it ...

This phenomenon, known as a 'planetary parade' is a rare sight, and it will be the last time seven planets can be seen ...

Whenever planets are visible in the night sky, they always appear roughly along ... This happens because the planets orbit around the sun in the same plane. Dr. van Belle likened the configuration ...

they'll always appear along the same arc in the night sky. That path is called the ecliptic, and it exists because all planets in our solar system orbit around the sun on roughly the same plane.

"Flying over NYC at night when the clouds are setting low, the sky scarpers are peaking through, and the city lights are illuminating the clouds from below," reads layover text in the clip, which ...

A very rare treat is about to grace Earth's night skies.

Observers could see up to seven planets line up in the sky after sunset on Friday, but you may need a telescope to see them all.

For that reason, planets in our Earthly sky always appear somewhere along a flat, disc-shaped plane, according to EarthSky ... monthly video series that describes what's happening in the night sky, ...