Happy Cinco de Mayo. And don’t forget the grand conjunction of the planets for which doomsayers have been waiting with dread. “All seven classical solar system bodies span their smallest

geocentric arc in ecliptic longitude — 25° 53′ — at 8:08 UT on May 5. This moment is the culmination of the celestial massings. The

sun is near the center of the massing, so all that will be visible will be Mars and the crescent moon, both 16° east of the sun in the

evening sky, and perhaps Venus, 10° west of the sun in the morning sky.”