The same spectacle won't occur again like this until 2039
Look up in the sky at the right moment this weekend and you could see two of the solar system's brightest planets almost touching.
"It's very exciting for astronomers and it's a really great opportunity for people to get out and have a look," explains space scientist and chief stargazer at the Society for Popular Astronomy Prof Lucie Green.A conjunction is when two planets appear close together or even touching in the Earth's night sky.
The actual orbit of the planets are about 430 million miles apart but their apparent alignment seen from Earth gives the illusion that they are touching.The peak time to see it was Saturday at around 05:00 BST. But it will still be visible on Sunday and in the coming days as the planets slowly move apart.Social media user @DebraJ54 took this photo in Humboldt, Tennessee, on Saturday morning
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