"Planetary Conjunction: Venus and Mars Align in Spectacular Sky Show"

On February 22, Venus and Mars will appear side by side in the predawn sky, forming a planetary conjunction. Venus will outshine Mars, and the best way to view this event is with binoculars. Observers in the Northern Hemisphere can see the two planets shine together in the east-southeast from around one hour before sunrise. Although the planets appear close together, they will actually be more than 100 million miles apart from each other. This is one of several planetary conjunctions in 2024, including Jupiter and Uranus, Mars and Uranus, and Mars and Jupiter.