365betÌåÓýÔÚÏßÊÀ½ç±­

Skip to main content
You have permission to edit this article.
Edit
VIEW FROM MARS HILL

View from Mars Hill: Planets on parade, with rare alignment

Rooftop Planetarium

The rooftop Dark Sky Planetarium at the Marley Foundation Astronomy Discovery Center features heated seats and a completely unobstructed view of the constellations painting the night sky.

In her 2017 contemporary romance novel All the Lies We Tell � which I confess I have not read completely, or even partially beyond the following quote � author Megan Hart muses, “If nine planets in this universe can align, why can’t we?� It is the type of question many people ask these days across our fractured country and beyond.

But in purely astronomical terms, it begets a follow-up question related to the frequency of planetary alignments, a timely topic due to the current alignment of seven planets.





Explore More

Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device.

Topics

News Alerts

Breaking News

Breaking News (FlagLive!)