Rebecca Kesby

A rare spectacle in the night sky.

A rare spectacle in the night sky.

This year we've already been treated to several of the major planets in the night sky at the same time. And at the end of this week we'll have an even rarer treat when Mercury joins the planet parade, meaning all seven of the great planets will be visible in the night sky at the same time. Most of them actually even visible with the naked eye.

This year we've already been treated to several of the major planets in the night sky at the same time. And at the end of this week we'll have an even rarer treat when Mercury joins the planet parade, meaning all seven of the great planets will be visible in the night sky at the same time. Most of them actually even visible with the naked eye.

So you will want to go out shortly after sunset because Saturn, Mercury and Venus are all very close to the sun right now, while Jupiter and Mars are further to the east. And so to capture all of them in the short window I really recommend going out just after sunset.

So you will want to go out shortly after sunset because Saturn, Mercury and Venus are all very close to the sun right now, while Jupiter and Mars are further to the east. And so to capture all of them in the short window I really recommend going out just after sunset.

We only see this kind of alignment once a decade or so, but to actually see them in this specific order there in the night sky is more like something that would happen every hundred years or so. Furthermore, we actually don't have the full moon, including our view of any of the planets at the end of the week, so we actually have a dark sky as well.

We only see this kind of alignment once a decade or so, but to actually see them in this specific order there in the night sky is more like something that would happen every hundred years or so. Furthermore, we actually don't have the full moon, including our view of any of the planets at the end of the week, so we actually have a dark sky as well.

In most of the world we'll be able to see this, unless you're at the very, very furthest north latitudes, you'll be able to be treated to this show. Astronomer Rebecca Allen.

In most of the world we'll be able to see this, unless you're at the very, very furthest north latitudes, you'll be able to be treated to this show. Astronomer Rebecca Allen.

The best thing would be to use this process early on in an injury but could you also use it on an old injury?

The best thing would be to use this process early on in an injury but could you also use it on an old injury?

I mean, I know you've been doing this research in Ukraine where so many people have lost limbs and there's an urgent need for this kind of treatment there. But could it work with other pain management for things other than amputations, like simple back pain, things like that?

I mean, I know you've been doing this research in Ukraine where so many people have lost limbs and there's an urgent need for this kind of treatment there. But could it work with other pain management for things other than amputations, like simple back pain, things like that?

Potentially, the potential's there.

Potentially, the potential's there.

Yeah, you mentioned the north there and hardly any aid has got there over the past few months, has it? What sort of conditions are you finding there?

Yeah, you mentioned the north there and hardly any aid has got there over the past few months, has it? What sort of conditions are you finding there?

So there are many challenges facing aid workers trying to bring in aid and also distributing that aid to pretty desperate people. One of the challenges, I guess, would be things like unexploded ordnance. Is that a concern you have for your workers?

So there are many challenges facing aid workers trying to bring in aid and also distributing that aid to pretty desperate people. One of the challenges, I guess, would be things like unexploded ordnance. Is that a concern you have for your workers?