{"id":22696,"date":"2025-02-24T07:00:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T08:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=22696"},"modified":"2025-02-24T08:25:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T08:25:31","slug":"a-parade-of-planets-is-marching-through-the-night-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=22696","title":{"rendered":"A Parade of Planets Is Marching Through the Night Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Mercury joining the show, all seven of Earth\u2019s celestial neighbors will be present at dusk this week.<\/p>\n

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Astute skywatchers may have already seen the striking line of planets across the night sky in January. This week Mercury joins the queue. Now every other world in our solar system will be visible among the stars at the same time \u2014 if you know where to look.<\/p>\n

According to Gerard van Belle, director of science at Lowell Observatory in Arizona, an alignment of seven planets is neither mystical nor particularly rare.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the scale of supermoon<\/a> to death asteroid,<\/a> this is more a supermoon sort of thing,\u201d Dr. van Belle said. Still, the planetary parade, as the event is colloquially named, \u201cmakes for a very nice excuse to go outside at night, maybe with a glass of wine, and enjoy the night sky.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A Parade of Planets<\/h2>\n

Beginning in late February, seven planets will align in the night sky. But Uranus and Neptune may require a telescope to see.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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