Planet Parade in the Sky: How to View 4 Planets Lined Up This Week ...

Skygazers, mark your calendars because one of the coolest celestial events is coming around again. Six planets will be visible in the night sky at the same time for a couple of weeks. This phenomenon ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A "planetary parade" is visible — though only five will be ...

A six-planet parade — sometimes called a planetary alignment — will adorn the pre-sunrise morning sky on Friday, Aug. 22, with four of them visible to the naked eye. Venus, Jupiter and Saturn will be ...

Who’s ready for a “planet parade”? The last planetary alignment was in August 2025, when six planets aligned and four were bright enough to be seen without a telescope. Next week, Mercury, Venus, ...

If you’re looking for a good reason to stop staring at screens this weekend, we’ve got you. This weekend, there’s an exciting astronomical event taking to the skies. The 2026 Planet Parade, an ...