On the night of July 15, a striking conjunction of the moon, Saturn, and Neptune will unfold in the eastern sky, offering ...

Jupiter and Venus will appear very close together in the night sky on Wednesday, with the two planets set to pass each other in what’s known as a conjunction.

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NASA said that the two planets would appear in the western sky above the horizon around 6:58 pm ET, as evening twilight ends on the East Coast of the United States.

The two planets will act as the “eyes” of the “smile,” with the delicate crescent Moon forming the “mouth,” Culbertson detailed. Venus will be the brighter of the two planets.

A six-pack of planets will line up and light up the night sky this month, folks. Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune will align for our viewing pleasure from now until mid-February.

A rare 'smiley face' triple conjunction is coming to Earth's morning skies on April 25, when Venus, Saturn and the crescent moon form a celestial smirk near the horizon.

The encounter is an out-of-this-world example of right place, right time — as Mars zips past Jupiter, Earth will be in the perfect spot to see the two planets look as if they are within arm's reach.

Aligning with the winter solstice on December 21, 2020, the two planets will be just 0.1 degrees apart — less than the diameter of a full moon, EarthSky said.

Two planets, no sun. ... In the past, the dividing line between planets and brown dwarfs was generally placed at 14 Jupiter masses, when nuclear fusion of deuterium in the object’s core sets in.