Four bright planets are conveniently placed for ... Shining just a trifle less than Sirius, the brightest star in the sky, Mars comes to opposition on Jan. 16 and a few days prior to that, on ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but get a telescope and you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

All seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment – ...