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Venus and Jupiter are the brightest planets in our solar system, and they will appear unusually close together when the sun goes down tonight because of their current positions in their orbits, ...

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Mercury is due to join Venus and Jupiter in the night sky for an uncommon celestial event commonly known as a planet parade. Here's how to catch it.

As it turns out, the conditions that set Venus and Jupiter up for their conjunctions in the sky are the same that are critical for life to survive on Earth.

Venus and Jupiter have been part of a two-planet conjunction, but now Mercury is visiting Nevada skies on June 11 to create a full-on planetary parade. These events aren't exactly rare, but they do ...