this circular racetrack that all the planets are racing around as they orbit the sun," Dyches tells NPR. "So you're going to always see that as a line from the point of view of somebody on the ...

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

Here's everything you need to know about this week's parade of seven planets. Getty Images A seven-luminaries-deep parade of planets will line up and light up the night sky this week, folks.

If you've got any interest in skygazing, this is your week. A stunning planet parade is now visible in the night sky. A planet parade is when several of our solar system's planets are visible in ...

From Earth, if the orbits line up just right, we can see multiple planets in our night sky at the same time. In rare events, all the planets will line up such that they all appear in our night sky ...

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 ...

"Now, these events are sometimes called 'alignments' of the planets, and while it's true that they will appear more or less along a line across the sky, that's what all planets always do," NASA said.

While all seven planets could appear in some form in parts of the U.S., not all of them will be visible to the naked eye. Here's what to know.

It's not especially remarkable for a few planets to line up in the sky ... With eight planets in our solar system, they all have some very interesting traits. Here's a quick look at the planets ...