Today, Venus is referred to as the "Christmas Star" because it will be the brightest object in the sky, besides the moon and sun, Throop said. Stars can be seen in the night sky. When Jupiter is ...

In fact, on Jan. 12, when it will be closest to Earth, it will appear 45% brighter than it will be on Christmas night and will almost be a match for Sirius, the brightest star in the sky.

He's talking about the "Christmas star," in which the two huge planets come so close as viewed from Earth that they appear as one very bright light in the night sky. Jupiter and Saturn align every ...

A dim star in the night sky 3,000 light-years from our solar system could soon become visible to the naked eye for the first time since 1946 — and you can easily find it in the night sky.

Some are even calling it a “Christmas star,” a name that harkens back ... Jupiter will be at its brightest and most visible in the night sky on Saturday. It will be almost as bright as Venus ...

Venus becomes the Evening Star when it appears in the western ... full moon will approach each other closely in the night sky just before Christmas, on December 17. "Mars will also be putting ...

Incidentally, one way that you can tell the difference between a star and a planet in the night sky is that planets ... Sirius heralds the approach of the Christmas season and conjures up visions ...

are visible now in the night skies. At peak brightness about two weeks ago, the Christmas Star — Venus this year, especially earlier in the month, because of its prominence in the sky — was ...

Stars can be seen in the night sky. Picture Alliance/DPA via Getty Images The "Christmas Star" may have historically been when Jupiter and Saturn were in conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn or ...

Here’s how it works. A dim star in the night sky 3,000 light-years from our solar system could soon become visible to the naked eye for the first time since 1946 — and you can easily find it ...