The upcoming planetary alignment is a perspective trick from Earth's orbit
While several planets appear to gather in a straight line across the night sky, this rare celestial parade is actually an optical illusion caused by our specific vantage point within the solar system.
Planetary alignments occur when multiple worlds cluster on one side of the Sun, appearing as a neat row from our perspective on Earth. In reality, these planets remain millions of miles apart and follow vastly different orbital planes. They only seem to line up because they all travel near the ecliptic, the apparent path the Sun follows across our sky.
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