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Our solar system’s gas giants are about to do something that hasn’t been seen for 800 years – Wales Online
Jupiter and Saturn will appear closer together in the night sky this Christmas
An extremely rare chance to see a stunning planetary alignment will present itself to stargazers this Christmas.
The two gas giants of Jupiter and Saturn – the largest two planets in our solar system – will appear closer together in the night sky than they have in almost 800 years.
The planets can be seen at their closest just after sunset on December 21, reports the Mirror.
Patrick Hartigan, an astronomer at Rice University, said: Alignments between these two planets are rather rare, occurring…
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