"It's like a game of billiards around the solar system, flying by a couple of planets at just the right angle and timing to ...

All of our solar system’s planets are lining up to parade through the night sky at once. This extraordinary celestial event will see the sky scattered with seven visible planets in what is known ...

Despite the name, a planetary alignment isn’t when the planets get in a row, it’s when a fair few gather on one side of the ...

AN INCREDIBLY rare celestial display is set to be visible tonight, where seven planets will align in an arc across the 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. Astronomers, on the other hand, look for more specific ...

Stargazers will be treated to a rare alignment of seven planets on 28 February when Mercury joins six other planets that are already visible in the night sky. Here's why it matters to scientists.