Last chance: Venus and Jupiter appear almost touching — why astronomers are excited The Venus-Jupiter conjunction puts on a celestial free show, peaking on June 8 and 9, 2026. These two brightest ...

SINGAPORE – Look towards the evening sky over the next few days and you might glimpse two bright planets gathered for a celestial meeting. The glowing orbs are Venus and Jupiter, which will appear ...

A rare celestial event will feature Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury appearing close together in the June sky. Venus and Jupiter will first appear together in a conjunction starting Tuesday, June 9.

Venus passes 5° south of the star Pollux at noon EDT. You can view them after sunset in the west, as Venus and Jupiter are closing in for a conjunction. Tonight the planets are 1.7° apart, standing in ...

The June evening sky this year is exceptionally interesting. A spectacular gathering of three planets, two bright stars, plus, later this month, a slender crescent moon, will be the chief celestial ...

The bright planets will appear within a pinkie width of each other this June—their closest alignment until 2028. Jupiter and Venus appear close to one another above the alpine mountains in what is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Skywatchers are already out shortly after sunset observing ...

The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission launched atop a Ariane 5 rocket from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The European Space Agency mission will take 8 years to arrive at ...

It’s been three-and-a-half years since generative AI exploded onto the scene. In this past year, progress has continued its relentless pace: Vibe coding took off, companies embraced agentic workflows, ...

As widespread public skepticism surrounds a growing number of data center projects in New Mexico to support artificial intelligence, Oracle is launching a new ad campaign touting the economic, ...

Jupiter’s storms aren’t just gigantic — they may unleash lightning far more powerful than anything on Earth. Using NASA’s Juno spacecraft, scientists discovered that some lightning bolts on the gas ...

A state judge ruled that the initial search of Luigi Mangione’s backpack at a McDonald’s was unlawful. Photo: Jeenah Moon/Pool/Getty Images Judge Gregory Carro in Manhattan state court wrote that the ...