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Astrophotographer Wright Dobbs took this image of five bright planets visible lined up with the moon from St. Cloud, Florida before dawn on June 24, 2022. The planets are (from left): Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn with the…

The event began at the beginning of June and has continued to get brighter and easier to see as the month has progressed, according to Diana Hannikainen, observing editor of Sky & Telescope.A waning crescent moon will be joining the…

Friday morning could be the best time to view a rare planetary alignment that has greeted early risers this month and will not happen again until 2040. Throughout June, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn have lined up from left to…

The early bird catches the spectacular skywatching this week, as five planets march across the predawn sky. This rare planetary alignment has been visible since early June. But the view should be particularly impressive this week, as…

STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The James Webb Space Telescope with its five-layer sunshade and optical elements fully deployed. Credit: NASA Thirty days outbound from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescope will…