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Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter And Saturn Form An Unique Planetary Alliance

The last few days have seen a parade of planets lined up in the night sky with Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Mars, Jupiter, and the moon all visible — a planetary alignment that won’t happen again until 2040.

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, separated by billions of kilometers in the cosmos, were all seen in one straight line in the skies above Earth.