Mars is back in the nighttime sky, Mercury crosses in front of the Sun, and a new mission arrives at Jupiter. These and more are the can't-miss astronomical events for 2016.
As the new year dawns, you can find all of the bright planets in the morning sky. Look east and south an hour before sunrise and you'll see (in order of brightness) Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars. To make your morning even more picturesque, a waning Moon will join the planet parade for the first week of the 2016.
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