In treat for stargazers, five planets moving into rare alignment - DW (English)

In a year of spectacular astronomical events, five planets — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn — are aligning with a crescent moon. Here's the how and the why.

Over the past few months, our solar system has offered us a number of visual treats. Earlier in June, we had a strawberry supermoon. And in April, four planets aligned Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn… [+6869 chars]

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