20 January 2021, 9:52 pm EST By
A rare event is happening tonight, and it would be a once-in-a-year experience, as the seventh and blue planet from the Solar System s Sun, Uranus, is making a close visit to the planet and brings Mars with it. The planet Uranus makes an annual visit to the planet, but this time, it presents a rare opportunity where it is joined by two other cosmic entities.
(Photo : NASA/JPL-Caltech (L) and NASA (R))
Space Planet Update: You Can Soon Enter and Look Inside Uranus in a Deeper Angle
According to BGR.com, Uranus would stick by several days in the planet s vicinity and would be seen by humans during the evening this week, but would make its brightest one on Thursday night. However, it would not be as bright or large as the Moon or Mars in its past appearances, as the coldest planet it several light years away from the planet.