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Four-Planet Dawn Lineup Peaks Saturday With Mercury, Mars, Saturn and Neptune

A pre-dawn comet, C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS), offers a second target for skywatchers using binoculars this month.

Six-Planet Alignment Visible Tonight Across U.S. and Mexico

Mercury Retrograde Begins Feb. 26 in Pisces, Running Through March 20

Six-Planet Alignment Peaks Feb. 28 With Mercury Best Spotted This Weekend

Six-Planet Parade To Brighten Post-Sunset Skies Late February

Antarctic ‘Ring of Fire’ Solar Eclipse Set for Feb. 17, With Limited Ground Visibility

Mercury Enters Sagittarius, Setting Up Blunter Talk Before Nov. 9 Retrograde

Last Chance Today to See Crescent Moon Join Six-Planet Pre-Dawn Lineup

Crescent Moon Joins Ongoing Six-Planet Pre-Dawn Parade

Six-Planet Parade Continues as Mercury Rises and Moon Approaches

Six Planets to Parade Across August Morning Skies

Saturn-Neptune Conjunction Kicks Off Spain’s Perseids Viewing Season

Rare Seven-Planet Alignment Visible This Week

Rare Planetary Parade of Seven Planets Peaks on February 28

Mercury Retrograde Begins in Sagittarius, Impacting Travel and Communication

BepiColombo Captures Unprecedented Mercury Flyby Images

June 3 'Planetary Parade' Falls Short of Expectations

January 2024 to Host Quadrantid Meteor Shower, Comet 144P/Kushida's Closest Approach, and Full 'Wolf Moon'