A rare 'parade' of all 7 planets will move across the night sky this week

This chart of the night sky from NASA shows Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus in a "planet parade" in January 2025.

This phenomenon known as a "planet parade," will feature Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all present at the same time along a line in the night sky on Friday, NASA says.

(Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)