Triple Conjunction News Today

You may not always notice them, but Venus, Jupiter (and a few other planets) often appear as extra-bright stars in the evening sky. Right now, those tw

Step outside tonight and you'll see a stunning conjunction of the planets.

Astronomers Spot Sea At Least 1,000-Feet Deep on Saturns Moon Titan ✖ Even though NASAs Cassini spacecraft ended its mission to Saturn just over three years ago, scientists and astronomers are still sifting through the mounds of data the craft was able to transmit prior to its fatal descent into the Saturnian atmosphere. Astronomers from Cornell Universitys Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science recently published "The Bathymetry of Moray Sinus at Titans Kraken Mare," a journal entry s...

Mercury, Jupiter, and Saturn Will Light the Sky With Rare Triangle Form This Weekend ✖ Weeks after Jupiter and Saturn appeared in the night sky during an incredibly rare "great conjunction," the two planets are now joined by Mercury, forming a "triple conjunction" over the coming days. Now through Monday evening, Jupiter, Saturn, and Mercury will pass by the horizon and be visible low in the western sky sometime after twilight. Sunday will be the closest the three come to each other from our ...

Just like the Christmas Star, this is a once-in-a-lifetime event

If you thought the Christmas Star was a big deal over the skies of Utica, Rome, Syracuse, and the rest of Central New York, get ready for another amazing sight called the Triple Conjunction. A rare celestial event will occur when Jupiter, Saturn, and Mercury will be within a couple of degrees from one another in the night sky. According to NASA, youll be able to see this event Friday January 8th, through Monday January 11th. The planet Mercury will appear to pass first by Saturn and then by ...

It's a great weekend to view a rare triple conjunction in the night sky

Did you see the "Christmas star?" Back on Dec. 21, the two biggest planets in our solar system — Jupiter and Saturn — appeared so close that they shined almost as one. This great conjunction, which happens every 20 years, was nicknamed the "Christmas star." Now, a few weeks later, these slow-moving planets will soon both fade from our view as Earth speeds off around the sun. However, before they sink into the suns glare, theyre going to be joined in the sky by Mercury — the solar systems ...

Hopefully skies will be clear this Sunday, because Jupiter and Saturn are going to throw another party, and this time Mercury is invited.

A diagram of the conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn on December 21. This article was originally published as part of the Out of Space series on Sciblogs.co.nz. ANALYSIS: There have been many articles in the media about the ‘Great Conjunction’ between Jupiter and Saturn that will occur on December 21. Some of them have been good, and informative. Many have been fairly poor. Others have been… well, weird. Some writers have imagined that there is something vitally significant about the ...