Skywatchers will be able to look up at the sky this week, starting on Monday, June 19, and catch a glimpse of a celestial gathering as Venus, Mars, and the Moon come together near each other.

A post on X ... the Cosmos-482 Descent Craft, a Soviet-era spacecraft launched in 1972 and intended to land on Venus. "The EU SST network of contributing sensors is closely following the object ...

Cosmos 482, the exploratory spacecraft launched toward Venus by the Soviet Union in March ... The EU Space Surveillance and Tracking agency said, "Object Cosmos-482 Descent Craft decayed within ...

even closer to the moon than Venus. Draw an imaginary line between the planets and the moon and extend it: even further up from the horizon, you will reach a reddish, bright object. This is Mars.

All month, four planets — Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars — will appear to line up and be bright enough to see with the naked eye in the first few hours after dark, according to NASA.