... Not fireworks, these intense shimmering lights still danced across Earth's night skies late last month, seen here above the planet's geographic south pole. ... Venus and Jupiter are Far . ... Near the culmination of this year's gorgeous conjunction, the two bright evening planets.. ... Today the planets Jupiter and Venus pass within half a degree of each other as seen from Earth. ... An Unusual Mountain on Asteroid Ceres . ... What created this large mountain on asteroid Ceres? ... Planet Aurora . ...