01/02/2025
Have you heard about the "planetary alignment" coming up on January 25? ๐๐ช
If you're on social media, by now you've probably seen the breathless announcement of a on January 25, 2025. These videos claim all 8 will be in a line on one side of the and visible in our nighttime sky. Is it true? Nope. But there are 6 planets in our evening sky in January. And yes, they're in a line ... like always. The planets orbit the sun on a plane we call the , so they are always roughly in a line. It's just that some planets are usually in the evening sky, while others are in the morning sky, and still others might be too close to the sun to see. Plus, Uranus and Neptune require optical aid to spot. But in January, all the planets but Mercury will be in the evening sky soon after dark.
Read on to learn whatโs true and whatโs not about the claim thatโs spreading on the internet:
https://earthsky.org/tonight/planetary-alignment-january-25-2025/
๐ธ Image via EarthSky.