Planetary conjunction, with The Moon, Venus and Jupiter together in the night sky. Venus is the brightest object (below the Moon) with Jupiter to the

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Planetary conjunction, with The Moon, Venus and Jupiter together in the night sky. Venus is the brightest object (below the Moon) with Jupiter to the right of it. Photographed over oaks in the Sierra Foothills, California, USA, in December 2008.

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Photo credit: © JOHN SANFORD/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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