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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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. On Tuesday, June 9, Venus and Jupiter will come together in ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft captured this color-enhanced view of Jupiter's northern hemisphere during its 61st close flyby of the giant planet on May 12, 2024. Citizen scientist Gary Eason made this image ...

Electrons around Jupiter have been caught in the process of being accelerated, revealing a potentially unified mechanism for particle acceleration. The findings, published in Nature, may help ...

A rare meeting between Venus and Jupiter is drawing attention from astrology followers today. The two planets appear close together in the sky on June 8 and June 9, creating what astronomers call a ...

Supersonic shocks in the vicinity of Jupiter suggest that transient plasma structures could govern the acceleration of particles travelling through space. Read the paper: Relativistic electron ...

Astrophotographer Soumyadeep Mukherjee has shared a spectacular 30-day collage of the western night sky titled "Closer, Everyday", which captures the subtle motion of Jupiter and Venus as they danced ...

Get ready for a spectacular sight tonight (June 9), as Jupiter and Venus make a close approach in the evening sky, while Mercury shines close to the western horizon in the glow of the setting sun.

Time to look up, stargazers – there’s going to be a planetary "kiss" on June 9. You'll be able to spot the two brightest planets, Jupiter and Venus, with the naked eye at about 45 minutes after sunset ...

The Moon passes 3° north of Mercury at 4 P.M. EDT. Looking west again after sunset this evening, the Moon now sits above Mercury, forming a triangle with Mercury and Jupiter. Half an hour after sunset ...

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 ...