Strange Universe: Won’t You Be My Neighbor? 6/19/22

By Bob Berman

Published June 19, 2022 at 10:00 AM EDT

A diagram of the planets in our solar system with the planets names

We all know the names of the planets. Many people can even recite them in their correct order from the Sun. But actually seeing them in a line – well, that’s something special. And this month we’ll explain how and when that’s happening.

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