The big astronomical event in February is a rare “planetary parade,” according to NASA. You’ll be able to see Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Jupiter shortly after sunset on Feb. 28, according to the space agency. “Four of those planets will be visible to the unaided eye, weather permitting,” NASA said.

Skygazers, mark your calendars because one of the coolest celestial events is coming around again toward the end of February. Six planets will be visible in the night sky at the same time for a couple of weeks. This phenomenon is known as a planet parade, and it happens only a few times a year.

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A young star called V1298 Tau is giving astronomers a front-row seat to the birth of the galaxy’s most common planets. Four massive but extremely low-density worlds orbiting the star appear to be inflated precursors of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes.