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Aligning Amongst the Stars: A Guide to the Feb. 28th, 2026 Planetary Parade: By Bill Maloney, Guest Writer, Red Planet Bound February 27, 2026


By Bill Maloney, Guest Writer, Red Planet Bound On Saturday evening, earthlings can look into the stars and see a planetary parade of six of our fellow planets in the solar system.  A planetary parade occurs when planets appear to line up along the ecliptic, an invisible path the Earth takes in its orbit around the Sun. This path is so named because it is when the Moon intersects it that an eclipse happens.   Every planet more or less travels... READ MORE >

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