Venus–Jupiter Conjunction of August 2025: How to Watch the Rare Cosmic Close Encounter Wake up early this week for a rare celestial show: Venus and Jupiter, the two brightest planets, are about to meet in a dazzling planetary conjunction before sunrise. Skywatchers globally are abuzz over this “cosmic kiss” between our Solar System’s luminaries, which…
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Jupiter: The Solar System’s Giant Planet Jupiter’s turbulent atmosphere, as captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft in 2019, showcases its reddish-brown cloud bands and the iconic Great Red Spot (lower right) science.nasa.gov science.nasa.gov. A Planet of Superlatives: Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system – so big that if it were a hollow shell,…
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