Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In one of 2026's skywatching highlights, the two brightest planets in the night sky will appear very close to each other for a ...

Skywatchers will have an opportunity to witness one of the most striking celestial events of the summer as Venus and Jupiter appear unusually close together in the evening sky on June 8 and 9, ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. That's right, Mercury is on its way to a sky near you, where it will turn a two-planet conjunction into a full-on planet parade.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The two brightest planets to the naked eye, Venus and ...

Jupiter and Venus are visible tonight, reaching their closest approach as the two brightest planets appear unusually close together in the western sky after sunset. Skywatchers in New Jersey can spot ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Venus and Jupiter will dramatically pass each other in the ...

Over the last few months, you may have noticed dazzling Venus in the western sky 30 minutes after sunset. By the latter half of May, brilliant Jupiter began to drift toward Venus. June begins with the ...

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 ...