From meteor showers to visible nebulas, August is primed to be an action-packed month for stargazers in the United States.
And one of the highlights of the month? The impending meet-up of Jupiter and Venus.
The gas giant Jupiter, our solar system’s largest planet, is due to make a close approach in August with Venus, NASA said in an August skywatching guide. The rendezvous, known in astronomy terms as a conjunction, comes a few months after Venus underwent an inferior conjunction in March – meaning it appeared in the sky after sunset and again before sunrise.