We can thank our atmosphere for that. Twilight is defined as the diffused light from the sky during the early evening or early morning, when the sun is below the horizon and its light is refracted ...

Venus dominates the twilight sky after sunset. The dazzling object shines at magnitude –4.7 among the background stars of south-central Virgo. The planet appears 9° high 30 minutes after ...

The bright planet Venus has been shining exquisitely in its apparition as the “Evening Star” for most of 2023, but as July draws to a close it begins to sink out of view in twilight.