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Science
Joe Rao

One of the youngest visible moons of the year appears alongside Venus tonight — here's how to see it

A thin crescent moon shines in a delicate pink and peach sky.

For the past few weeks, some may have reported a bright "UFO" hovering just above the western horizon right after the sun has gone down. But by the time the sky becomes dark enough for other stars to appear, this bright "mystery object" has vanished.

This strange bright point of light appearing in the evening twilight glow is Venus, known colloquially as "The Evening Star."

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