Venus and Saturn will appear to nearly touch in the evening sky
The brilliant planet Venus and the ringed giant Saturn occasionally align in a rare celestial event called a conjunction, appearing side-by-side in the twilight sky as if they are nearly touching.
Venus and Saturn create a stunning visual display when they pass within less than half a degree of each other during a planetary conjunction. While they look like close neighbors from our perspective on Earth, they are actually hundreds of millions of miles apart in space. Venus shines with a steady white light, while Saturn appears as a dimmer, yellowish point nearby.
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