Keep gazing as Mars, Venus, moon come close in the sky
A new planet has been discovered in the Solar System
If you love to spend time in gazing upon thesky,you seem to be in for luck as you can getthedazzling view of Venus, Mars and the moongetting together.
According to a CNN report, which quotedEarthSky,Venus and Mars have been moving towards one another all weekend. They willcome totheir closest meetingduring the early hours of Tuesday.
FromtheEarth, the planets will appearto beonly half a degree apart, asper theNASA.This meeting of planets in the sky iscalledplanetary conjunction.Although it is just anillusion as the two planets are extremely far away from each other in reality.
In a video on NASA's website,NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’sresearch space scientistGiadaArney said, "Even during this conjunction, they will still be many millions of miles apart.But from our point of view here on Earth, they will appear to be close together."
As thetiming of this meetingcoincides with the young moon's return to the night sky,theconjunction of these planetswill appearalongwitha slim crescent moon, whichis only 10 per cent illuminated.
According to the NASA,skywatcherswill be able to see the three celestial bodies bothonMonday and Tuesday evenings.