A joining of opposites: Cupid uses a special love knot to bind the Roman god Mars to the goddess Venus in a painting by Paolo Veronese. As he drew on his maps (above) and described in a 1906 book ...

This rare alignment includes the five planets easily spotted with the naked eye: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Each is bright enough to be seen even in light-polluted city skies ...

But from time to time, reality intrudes.” Taken from Wings’ 1975 album, Venus And Mars, “Letting Go” is a slinky, funky song with such an infectious groove that Paul McCartney still enjoys ...