The planets Venus and Jupiter will appear extremely close together in Irish skies tonight in an event Astronomy Ireland is calling a "double planet". The phenomenon, known as a planetary conjunction, ...

A rare cosmic alliance between Venus and Jupiter occurs on June 9, making it the luckiest day of 2026. Venus, which is the planet of love and money, links up with Jupiter, the planet of expansion and ...

Solar system’s two brightest planets appear close together low above the western horizon after sunset this week The two brightest planets meet this week in the western twilight sky. The chart shows ...

Time to look up, stargazers – there’s going to be a planetary "kiss" on June 9. You'll be able to spot the two brightest planets, Jupiter and Venus, with the naked eye at about 45 minutes after sunset ...

SINGAPORE – Look towards the evening sky over the next few days and you might glimpse two bright planets gathered for a celestial meeting. The glowing orbs are Venus and Jupiter, which will appear ...

Venus passes 5° south of the star Pollux at noon EDT. You can view them after sunset in the west, as Venus and Jupiter are closing in for a conjunction. Tonight the planets are 1.7° apart, standing in ...

The bright planets will appear within a pinkie width of each other this June—their closest alignment until 2028. Jupiter and Venus appear close to one another above the alpine mountains in what is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Skywatchers are already out shortly after sunset observing ...

Oracle is ditching a contentious plan to construct a natural gas plant to power one of its newest data centers. Instead, Oracle said last week that it will partner with fuel-cell maker Bloom Energy to ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft captured this view of Thebe, the second largest of Jupiter's inner moons, during a close pass on May 1, 2026. The spacecraft's Stellar Reference Unit (SRU) captured this image ...