For a few evenings around 28 February, every planet in the solar system will be visible in the night sky, thanks to a rare great planetary alignment. Here's how to make sure you don't miss this ...

For our purposes, we are referring to the latter. The eight planets in our solar system all orbit the sun on “a relatively flat, disc-shaped plane.” Almost a metaphor for life, each planet ...

8 planets orbit the Sun. The closest are the four rocky planets, the remaining gas planets inhabit deeper space. The solar system is also home to many other cosmic bodies including asteroids ...

SEVEN OF THE EIGHT PLANETS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM WILL BE VISIBLE, ALTHOUGH YOU WILL NEED BINOCULARS OR A TELESCOPE TO SEE NEPTUNE AND URANUS. SIX HAVE BEEN LINED UP ALL WEEK LONG, BUT MERCURY JOINS ...

This latest planetary alignment or "planet parade" - set to take place on the evening of Feb. 28, just after dusk, according to SkyatNightMagazine. Once they are all in place, seven of the eight ...

Alan Dyer/Getty Images The solar system has eight planets overall – Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun and Earth is the ...