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Venus and Saturn will appear extraordinarily close together in the night sky tonight during a celestial event known as a conjunction. To see Venus and Saturn, look to the southwest immediately as the ...

Blazing beacons Venus and Jupiter appear striking as twilight falls in early September. Scan for them low in the west-southwest 30 to 45 minutes after sunset. The sky darkens quickly at this time of ...

A conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets – or, in this case, other celestial bodies – appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. Florida is home to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Is there anything more beautiful than the sight of two ...

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 ...

In grammar, a conjunction is a connecting word. The most common, called "coordinating conjunctions," are "and," "but" and "or." Our old friend "as" also can serve as a conjunction, a type known as ...

On March 1 and 2, Jupiter and Venus will appear side by side in the night sky in an event called a conjunction, which is visible without a telescope or binoculars. When you purchase through links on ...

A close planetary conjunction of Venus and Jupiter occurred on June 17, 2 B.C.E. From Earth, the planets appeared extremely close, almost merging visually. This apparent proximity is a result of the ...