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Plus: The August Full Sturgeon Moon shines, the colorful double star Albireo sparkles, and Mercury reappears in the sky this ...
August brings Saturn and Neptune together, offers two shadow transits of Titan, and sees a conjunction of Venus and Jupiter.
Venus and Jupiter will meet in a conjunction in the early morning hours of Aug. 12. Here's everything you need to know to ...
Don’t miss the rare celestial event as Venus and Jupiter appear side by side in the early morning sky this week.
Venus and Jupiter shine together in a rare, close morning conjunction this August. The Perseid meteor shower is dimmed by ...
Venus reaches its highest altitude above the eastern horizon in 2025 on Aug. 1. Venus will reach its highest altitude in the ...
Jupiter and Venus, the two brightest planets in our solar system, should be widely visible for much of August in the northern hemisphere.
It could be the most spectacular heavenly sight of 2025, the close pairing of the two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, ...
In August, the most beautiful scenery and impressive celestial events are to be enjoyed before dawn—along with much more ...
The Perseid shower, considered the most impressive of the year, will peak on Aug. 12-13, according to NASA. Meteor showers ...
Venus, a dazzling morning "star," rises about an hour prior to the first light ... Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium. He writes about astronomy for ...