"Spotting the Rare Alignment of Five Planets in the Night Sky"

Five planets, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Uranus, will be visible in an orderly fashion in the night sky this week. The best view will be right after sunset in a clear area without much light pollution. The alignment will only be visible for about half an hour after sunset. Jupiter, Venus, and Mars will be the brightest and easiest to spot. The alignment happens when the planets' orbits line them up on one side of the sun from Earth's perspective.