Wake up early to witness the year's most dazzling planetary pairing as Venus and Jupiter close in for a celestial rendezvous.

Venus and Jupiter, the brightest planets in our solar system, are about to make their closest approach during their August ...

This month will usher in two separate conjunctions — one between the moon and a rarely-visible Mercury, and another between the moon and Mars.

What is it? “Conjunctions are when two celestial bodies – usually planets – look very close in the sky from our viewpoint on Earth,” says Martin Archer at Imperial College London.

Oregon stargazers have plenty of reasons to look up in August – a month marked by meteor showers, planetary conjunctions, and ...

This month will usher in two separate conjunctions — one between the moon and a rarely-visible Mercury, and another between the moon and Mars.