Three planets will be visible together in a mini 'planet parade' between May 20 and 24Rise and shine, there’s a cosmic treat ...

And when everything happens to fall into a position such that we can see several planets in the sky at once, they all tend to stand in a line precisely because they all follow that flat ecliptic.

In fact, according to the stargazing website EarthSky, a perfect straight-line alignment of all the planets will probably never happen. Rather, since the planets all orbit along or near the plane ...

The planets are all there, but they're not all particularly ... is more literal and describes when the planets actually line up in orbit. This is much rarer and almost never happens.

Then, with the addition of Mercury around February 28, all seven other planets will be together in the night sky. However, the planets won’t actually form a perfect line. “You can draw a line ...

But not all of them will be easy to see ... It's not especially remarkable for a few planets to line up in the sky, but when we see four or five brilliant planets at once, it's less common ...

it's not like they all fall on a straight line," she told CBS News New York, adding, "All the planets go around the sun, like on a racetrack, they just run around the racetrack. And right now ...

all seven of Earth’s celestial neighbors will be present at dusk this week. By Katrina Miller Astute skywatchers may have already seen the striking line of planets across the night sky in January.

The reason we have the chance to see all the planets is that they are ... (WANE) Here’s a look at where the planets will line up in the night sky. Viewing will be the most optimal an hour ...