We all have to become sky and stargazers for the next month.
Why? Because from January 20 to February 20, all five visible planets will sit in a line from the horizon to the moon for the first time since 2005.
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will appear in a line, visible to the naked eye.
Dr Alan Duffy, research fellow at Swinburne University in Melbourne, said that this reasonably rare alignment is “essentially a quirk” of the universe.
He said: “All the planets sit on a flat plane but have different yearly cycles – so for all five visible planets to happen to line up is “something well worth seeing.”
If you don’t see it first time, try again, astronomers promise we should all catch a glimpse.
If this doesn’t make us stick our phones in our pockets walking back from the train or bus at night, we don’t know what will.
