Stargazers will be treated to a rare seven-planet alignment in February. This is what scientists hope to learn.

A person shines a flashlight into the night sky on Feb. 3, 2025. (Photo by Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images) Social media has been abuzz about the ongoing alignment of planets, with ...

Credit: m-gucci via Getty Images Throughout February, a striking gathering of the five brightest planets—Venus, Jupiter, Mars ...

Six of our cosmic neighbors are expected to line up across the night sky tonight, in what has been dubbed a "planetary parade". Throughout much of January and February, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, ...

A spectacular line-up of seven planets will be visible under UK skies during peak conditions, experts say - and the rare ...

A planet’s opposition occurs when Earth passes between it and the Sun. As a consequence of that geometry, Neptune’s disk will appear to be 100% illuminated as seen from Earth. It will be 180º ...

But experts have found that the images of Neptune, which is named after the Roman god of the sea, were made "artificially too blue" when handled by Nasa. Colour images of planets are "highly ...

"If Voyager 2 had left in 1980, it would have taken until 2010 to get to Neptune. I don't think it would have won support. Who's going to fund such a thing?" Getty Images In 2024 it was possible ...