{"id":203980,"date":"2025-01-17T21:10:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T03:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/debunked-january-25s-once-in-396-billion-years-planetary-alignment"},"modified":"2025-01-17T21:10:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T03:10:58","slug":"debunked-january-25s-once-in-396-billion-years-planetary-alignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/debunked-january-25s-once-in-396-billion-years-planetary-alignment","title":{"rendered":"Debunked: January 25\u2019s \u2018Once In 396 Billion Years\u2019 Planetary Alignment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/debunked-january-25s-once-in-396-billion-years-planetary-alignment2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have you read on social media about the \u201conce in 396 billion years\u201d planetary alignment happening on Jan. 25? Guess what? Social media is not reliable. Here\u2019s what\u2019s really going on \u2014 and why you don\u2019t have to wait.<\/p>\n<p>Four planets are easily visible to the naked eye this month. Next month, for a short period, there will be five. It\u2019s not irregular, not particularly rare, and certainly not some kind of weird alignment\u2014as the online hype would have you believe\u2014but it is a spectacular sight. But is it one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2024\/12\/31\/your-ultimate-guide-to-stargazing-and-astro-tourism-in-2025\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2024\/12\/31\/your-ultimate-guide-to-stargazing-and-astro-tourism-in-2025\/\" aria-label=\"the best stargazing and astronomy sights of 2025\">the best stargazing and astronomy sights of 2025<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the truth about the so-called \u201cplanet parade\u201d and when you can see it as its best all this month and during February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you read on social media about the \u201conce in 396 billion years\u201d planetary alignment happening on Jan. 25? Guess what? Social media is not reliable. Here\u2019s what\u2019s really going on \u2014 and why you don\u2019t have to wait. Four planets are easily visible to the naked eye this month. Next month, for a short [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}