June 7, 2026
The oldest light in the universe still hums faintly through space, a relic of the beginning itself.
Jupiter and Venus from Earth
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APOD published June 7, 2026. Credit: Marek Nikodem (PPSAE). A publication-date match, not a photo taken on your date. Independent of NASA.
It was visible around the world. The sunset conjunction of Jupiter (left) and Venus (right) in 2012 was visible almost no matter where you lived on Earth. Anyone on our planet with a clear western horizon at sunset could see them. That year, a creative photographer traveled away from the town lights of Szubin, Poland to photograph a near closest approach of the two planets. The bright planets were then separated by only three degrees and his daughter struck a humorous pose. A faint red sunset still glowed in the background. Jupiter and Venus are together again this week after sunset, passing within a degree of each other about two days from today.
Image credit: Marek Nikodem (PPSAE)