A newly discovered asteroid named 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of affecting Earth in 2032 after recent observations.

China has started assembling a planetary defence team to counter the threat of near-Earth asteroids following the discovery of a large asteroid that could strike our planet in seven years.

Because they don't happen every year, such cosmic displays tend to attract significant public interest and a frenzy of media coverage denoting them as "planet parades" or "planetary alignments." ...

February's full moon will shine before Valentine's Day with an added bonus view of Venus — named after the Roman goddess of love — during the month's rare planetary parade. Stargazers are in ...

February's full moon will shine before Valentine's Day with an added bonus view of Venus — named after the Roman goddess of love — during the month's rare planetary parade. Pennsylvania ...

Stargazers will be treated to a dazzling six- and seven-planet "alignments" in February. A planetary alignment, or a "planet parade" according to the internet, will grace our night sky just after ...

Planetary parades of four or five planets happen relatively regularly, though alignments of six or seven are remarkably rare. Six planets are already aligned in the night sky, but stargazers will ...

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The rare parade should be visible until about the end of February, according to The Planetary Society.

Seven planets are set to line up in a “planetary parade” this month for the last time before 2040. The rare astronomical event will see Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury and ...