If you set your alarm clock for 4 a.m. local time this week and head outside to a location with a clear and unobstructed view of the eastern horizon, you'll be able to catch sight of the two brightest ...

Most people picture planet watching as a hobby for people with expensive gear and a dark mountaintop. In reality, four of the ...

Skywatchers will have an opportunity to observe Venus and Jupiter appearing unusually close together in the evening sky this month. According to NASA, these two planets are set to reach their closest ...

The June evening sky this year is exceptionally interesting. A spectacular gathering of three planets, two bright stars, plus, later this month, a slender crescent moon, will be the chief celestial ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This month, it's all about Venus and Jupiter. Over the next ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The positions of three planets this weekend, about 45 ...

The abundant Venus-Jupiter conjunction on August 12, 2025, will affect each zodiac sign all week. The two planets will meet in a magical transit this week during the Waning Gibbous lunar phase. The ...

If you head out before sunrise (say, about 5 a.m. local time) and look eastward during the next few days, you’ll see planetary motion in action. Venus, blazing at magnitude –4.0, and Jupiter, no ...

A planetary conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. Venus and Jupiter are making their close approaches to ...