Just when we thought 2020 was almost over, it’s serving us one last life-changing moment. Monday December 21 marks the Great Conjunction or a rare alignment of Jupiter and Saturn in the night sky.

Skywatchers who missed the dazzling meetup of Venus and Jupiter that began early on the morning of Saturday will get another chance to witness what is called the planetary conjunction early Sunday.

It’s a busy season for to be a skywatcher. Besides the recent full moon and this year’s Perseid meteor shower hitting its peak, two of the brightest planets in our solar system will be cozying up. A ...

On Dec. 21, after drawing visibly closer and closer in the night sky over the past few months, Jupiter and Saturn will appear the closest they have since March 4, 1226, nearly 800 years ago. They were ...

Jupiter and Mars are about to get up close and personal to one another. Look up to the sky early Wednesday morning and you'll see what astronomers call a planetary conjunction. This is what is ...

If you were up early enough on Friday, Sept. 19, you may have noticed the bright star shining next to the crescent moon in the morning sky. The upcoming conjunction will be a party between the moon – ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Venus and Jupiter are about to have a close encounter — sort of. In astronomy, a conjunction is when multiple celestial bodies meet or pass one another. With that, both Venus ...

A conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets – or, in this case, other celestial bodies – appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. The trio of ...