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Are you ready for one of the luckiest transits of the year? Venus will conjunct Jupiter in Cancer on Aug. 12, expanding ...
Hubble Space Telescope images of Jupiter have been "photo-mapped onto a sphere," and animated into a full rotation, according ...
WASHINGTON — Summer's most dazzling meteor shower, the Perseids, peaks early Wednesday. At the same time, Venus and Jupiter ...
From Earth, both planets shine the brightest and will appear together before sunrise. But don't blink ― they won't be visible ...
A planetary conjunction takes place when two or more planets seem to align closely in the sky as viewed from Earth, despite ...
In August, six planets line up for a rare celestial show. Find out when and where to catch the event on Wednesday, August 13.
The McDonough Meteorite is a fragment of a space rock that crashed through the roof of a house in McDonough, Georgia, on June 26, and is estimated to be 4.56 billion years old, making it about 20 ...
Here’s a look at what’s going on above us right now and later in the month. The expression “dog days” refers to the period ...
Meteorite that tore through southeastern US skies this summer determined to be older than Earth itself, researchers say ...
Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune — will briefly appear in the sky on the same night, starting Sunday (Aug ...
This week, skygazers have two celestial events to be excited about, with a Jupiter-Venus planetary conjunction and the Perseid meteor shower peak.
Wondering what planets are visible right now? Jupiter and Venus are meeting up in the sky, at least from our vantage point.