Don't Miss the Rare 5-Planet Alignment This Week: Here's How to Watch

Five planets, including Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, and Mercury, will align in the sky on June 17 before sunrise, in a rare and beautiful event that won't happen again until 2040. The alignment will be visible in the eastern horizon, but spotting all five planets will require clear skies, impeccable timing, and possibly binoculars or a telescope. The alignment is a visual phenomenon and not a physical line-up of planets in our solar system.