If you've been star gazing these past few days,
you may have noticed 2 very bright stars right
next to eachother that are brighter than the others.
Well, those-- arent necessarily stars, and they're
not satellites either-- they're the planets
Venus and Jupiter.
After slowly moving toward each other steadily
for the last few months, the two planets
that look like bright stars to the human eye,
finally came together in what astronomers call
a planetary conjunction this week, putting on a
spectacular show for skywatchers around the world.
The two planets lit up the night sky in tandem,
appearing so close together that observers
could blot them both out with just a few fingers
held at arm's length. And they will provide a lasting display
for the next several days.
Venus-Jupiter conjunctions are fairly special events,
occurring roughly every 13 months. This year's was
especially stunning, experts say, because the two planets
were visible for so long in the sky and appeared so bright.
Just another God-made phenomenon, reminding us of
his great glory as the very first line in the bible dictates in Genesis 1:1...
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."
