No, a 'planetary parade' will not be visible from Earth on June 3. Here's what you can really see.

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Ben Turner is a U.K. based staff writer at Live Science. He covers physics and astronomy, among other topics like tech and climate change. He graduated from University College London with a degree in particle physics before training as a journalist.

Six of the planets in our solar system — Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — are about to align on June 3 in what some media outlets are dubbing a"planetary parade."

That's because at least four of the planets on display will either be too dim to see with the naked eye or masked by the glare of the rising sun, skywatching journalist Jamie Carter wrote for Forbes. RELATED STORIES—A 'captured' alien planet may be hiding at the edge of our solar system — and it's not 'Planet X'—Could scientists stop a 'planet killer' asteroid from hitting Earth?

 

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