Space Weather News for June 8, 2026

VENUS IS ABOUT TO ‘KISS’ JUPITER: Look west after sunset. Venus and Jupiter are converging for a beautiful conjunction, only 1.6 degrees apart on June 9th. Later this week, Mercury and the crescent Moon will join the show, too. Full story and night-by-night sky maps @ Spaceweather.com.

Above: Venus and Jupiter converging over France. Photo credit: Valerie Liard

VENUS-JUPITER CONJUNCTION: When the sun goes down tonight, step outside and look west. The two brightest planets in the Solar System are converging for a beautiful conjunction. Last night in Austria, Michael Jaeger watched them set together in a blizzard of Starlink satellites:

“What a beautiful pair in the sky,” says Jaeger. “Venus and Jupiter are the stars of the night as darkness falls.”

At closest approach on June 9th, Venus and Jupiter will be just 1.6 degrees apart–similar to the Great Conjunction of 2002. And this is just the beginning. During the nights ahead, Mercury and the crescent Moon will join Venus and Jupiter to form a must-see quartet in the twilight sky. It’s a marvelous week-long sky show.