All month, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars will appear to line up and be bright enough to see with the naked eye in the first few hours after dark. This weekend, Venus and Saturn get especially cozy.
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Meanwhile, Mars is at"opposition" this month. That's when a planet and the sun are directly opposite each other with Earth in between. This celestial event happens about every two years for the red planet.
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