Venus and Jupiter Nearly Touch in June's Unmissable Celestial Conjunction

Twice a generation, the heavens arrange themselves into something even the most earthbound among us cannot ignore. This June, Venus and Jupiter — the two brightest wanderers in our night sky — will draw so close together that they appear nearly to touch, a conjunction unfolding over thirty days with its peak around mid-June. No instrument is required, no expertise demanded; only a clear western horizon after sunset and the willingness to look up. It is a reminder that the cosmos occasionally offers its grandest gestures freely, to anyone who steps outside.