The first day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere is marked by the Winter Solstice on Dec 21st . It is also the shortest day of the winter. To turn up the excitement on the longest night of 2020, Jupiter and Saturn decided to put on an incredible once-in-a-lifetime show. The two planets overlapped each other to form a double planet, also known as the ‘Great Conjunction’. They were separated by just 0.1 degree. They appeared as a single bright star in the sky, an event that was last seen in the Middle Ages, 800 years ago.
and Winter Solstice in collaboration with NASA Image Credits: Google & NASA