Look east around 4 a.m. local time, just before dawn, to see the slender form of the crescent moon climb above the horizon.

A screenshot of Venus, Jupiter, and Earth (with Uranus in the background) as they would have been seen from Mars in July 2010. Taken by Rob Tilsley using SkySafari software.

Nearby, you'll also be able to spot the bright star Aldebaran, a first-magnitude star that shines with a distinct orange hue ...

Jupiter and Venus should be visible to the naked eye from almost anywhere on Earth, as long as weather permits and clouds don't block your view. In fact, Venus is the third brightest object in the ...

Venus and Jupiter will be in a state of planetary conjunction, when two astronomical objects appear close to each other in the sky and Earth forms an almost straight line with those two bodies ...

Venus is the brightest planet and can be seen on the right side, while Jupiter is the leftmost one in the sky. The Virtual Telescope Project will also bring the cosmic event online for people all ...

Venus' orbit around the sun is 225 Earth days, while Saturn's is 29 years. The conjunction can be seen across the world in the pre-dawn hours by looking east, toward the sunrise.

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.

The moon flanked by Jupiter, at top, and Venus, as seen near Salgotarjan, Hungary, on Feb. 22. ... or a planet and the Moon appear from Earth to be nearly grazing each other.

The planet Jupiter is making its closest approach to Earth since 1951, growing so bright it is visible at twilight before the stars come out. It won’t be this close until the year 2129, 107 ...

This is not a genuine photograph that was taken from the surface of Mars, and this image did not originate with NASA. This image supposedly showing Earth, Venus, and Jupiter from the surface of ...