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DCist (Free subscription) | yesterday
We mentioned last week that the two brightest planets in our sky would soon converge together with the crescent Moon in the early evening, making their final swoop towards each other tonight. Flickr user (and our reliable astro-photographer) philliefan99 took this image on Saturday night, when they were still fairly far apart, but knowing the rain would make it tough to photograph on Sunday. We're...
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WeeklyWorldNews.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW HAVEN, CT - Astronomers have announced that in the Monday night sky, Jupiter and Venus will shine unusually brightly during a conjunction. Weekly World News has discovered that this is because residents of both planets intend to moon Earth. Jupiterians and Venusians will come together, and millions of of aliens living ...
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Scientific American (Free subscription) | yesterday
Thanksgiving may be history, but stargazers will find there's another bountiful feast to be had in tonight's sky. Just after sundown, those in pockets with clear skies should see a tight clustering of the crescent moon and the two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter. [More]
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Hong Kong Digital Vision (Free subscription) | yesterday
Stock Photo ID: hkdigit-20081201-194526 Hong Kong: 1 Dec, 2008 - Look up and smile tonight. Venus, Jupiter and the moon will smile back. :) The two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, close together this evening sky, forming a spectacular double. Stock Photo ID: hkdigit-20081201-193850 The two are closest together with Venus lying about 2 degrees to the South (left) of Jupiter. On the same night...
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
SKYWATCHERS WILL experience a rare event this afternoon with an occultation of the planet Venus by the Moon in broad daylight.
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Kishor Cariappa (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Skies over Muscat seemed to smile yesterday night with the crescent moon and the planets –– Venus and Jupiter –– were seen in a rare alignment. The three celestial objects come together from time to time, but often they are too close to the sun or unite at a time when they aren't so visible. The moon is the brightest, closest and smallest of the three and is 252,000 miles away from earth. Venus, the...
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Views From the Back Row (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Before getting to this week's questions...did you see the convergence of the moon, Jupiter and Venus Monday night'? A perfect crescent moon, and the two planets in near proximity to each other. Early evening, in the southwest. I don't know if it happens again over the next couple of nights, but the space geek in me just stared at it for about 15 minutes. Before I had to get the symphony set up. Wish...
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Seeker Blog (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
The Flickr image at left is a composite of two digital time exposures, captured in Manilla, Philippines. The smiling moon phenomenon happens every 48 years, so don’t miss it! “Astronomers say Venus and Jupiter and a crescent moon will form a smiley face tonight, with the planets forming the eyes and the moon forming the mouth. [...]
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TYWKIWDBI (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
"A rare cosmic alignment tonight will produce a smiling face - or an emoticon, depending on your generation - high over the country. From soon after 8pm until just before 11pm the planets Venus and Jupiter will stare down from the western sky like two brilliant eyes. Directly below, the crescent moon will form a happy mouth. Schematic on the left; actual photograph on the right is a bit less impressive....
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Wired Science (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Look up at the sky tonight to see a bright cosmic frown. The planets Jupiter and Venus will briefly align today to form two eyes and a frowning mouth in the southwest. In what's called a planetary conjunction, the two...
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Astroprof's Page (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tonight there will be a rather uncommon grouping of two planets and the Moon. Look in the southwestern sky and you’ll see the crescent Moon and two bright “stars” very near it. The brighter of the two stars is actually the planet Venus. The next one is the planet Jupiter. Click on the image above [...]
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Hindu (Free subscription) | yesterday
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The heavens seemed to smile down on earthlings on Monday as a happy conjunction of planets and the moon drew a celestial ‘smiley.’ Sky-watchers across the world had a rare treat as Venus, Jupiter and the ...
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kuanhoong dot com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tonight the sky is smiling over planet earth. Venus and Jupiter are set to come together to light up the sky Monday night, creating a sight that many will not soon forget. According to report: Tonight is going to be a night that you are surely going to want to go outside and look up to [...]
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RT's Ponderings (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tonight, if you look up at the sliver of a moon, you will see Venus and Jupiter in the southwest sky. Venus is such a bright planet that during WWII, “aircraft spotters sometimes mistook Venus for an enemy airplane. There were even cases in which Venus drew antiaircraft fire.” Jupiter is just above Venus and will slowly [...]
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atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | yesterday
Thought for the Day: Venus and Jupiter, the planets of good luck, are having a heavenly tryst with the crescent moon. It's a celestial rendezvous with highly auspicious consequences for everyone, regardless of your sign. Make a heartfelt wish.
