The term "conjunction" refers specifically to the alignment of planets within a few degrees of one another ... inquiry and public interest in astronomy. The 2025 event, like those before it ...

This is the last chance to catch the pair in conjunction this year—with Venus set to be unusually bright in the night sky.

Astronomers are calling it a planetary conjunction, where you will be able ... not be seen until a dark sky takes hold. Look about 30 degrees above the southwest horizon about an hour after ...