“ If you look at the night sky and see a bright object near the (original) moon, that’s not the mini moon. It’s Venus — the third-brightest celestial object to

“ If you look at the night sky and see a bright object near the (original) moon, that’s not the mini moon. It’s Venus — the third-brightest celestial object to light the sky, after the sun and moon — which is visible this week in the west after sunset.” I’ve been wondering what that is. I assumed a planet, though I wasn’t sure which.