Saturn will sidle up to the moon this weekend, as the pair make a close approach of each other in the cold night sky.
Jupiter will rise opposite the sun this weekend, making the gas giant appear even brighter and larger in our sky.
It was our first close-up view of the tiny planet, showing craters as small as 500 feet (150 meters) across. The image above, taken on March 29, 1974, was captured when Mariner 10 was 3,700 miles ...
during its 50th orbit of the giant planet. Processing by citizen scientist Kevin M. Gill. There was no moon close-up this time, but Juno was able to capture this wide-angle image (above ...
But the planet is too close to the host star ... analysis and more by signing up to Metro's News Updates newsletter ...
The five-planet line-up is the result of all the planets traveling ... While the planets may look relatively close together in the sky they are of course separated by many millions of miles.