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Following Shabaka Hutchings’ adoption of the shakuhachi flute, which features heavily in his new album Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace, Clive Bell discusses other players and significant recordings featuring the instrument
For 25 years, Melvyn Bragg and his guests on Radio 4’s In Our Time have discussed most things from antimatter to Zoroastrianism. Their conversations have attracted a live audience of two million, and provide the BBC’s most-listened-to weekly podcast. At 9 a.m. today, In Our Time will broadcast its one thousandth episode. How has the BBC’s flagship
| UPDATED: 14:42, Mon, Dec 21, 2020 Link copied Sign up for FREE for the biggest new releases, reviews and tech hacks SUBSCRIBE Invalid email When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Also known as the Star of Bethlehem, the Christmas Star is seen as a result of Jupiter and Saturn aligning as part of the so-called Great Conjunction. The Great Conjunction is a term coined by astronomers to describe the close passing of the two large planets, and it occurs around every 20 years. This passing is the closest recorded in hundreds of years, creating a "spectacular event in the sky", that will make the planets appear as one star - despite both still being around 400 million miles from one another.
| UPDATED: 15:24, Mon, Dec 21, 2020 Link copied Sign up for FREE for the biggest new releases, reviews and tech hacks SUBSCRIBE Invalid email When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Jupiter and Saturn will today cross paths, appearing to the naked eye as a "double planet". Known as a conjunction, or the Great Conjunction, the timing of the event has led many to suggest it might have been the source of a bright light in the sky 2,000 years ago. This, the argument goes, has become known as the Star of Bethlehem.
BBC News By Victoria Gill image copyrightDETLEV VAN RAVENSWAAY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY image captionThe planets often cross paths on their journey around the Sun, but this conjunction is unusual Jupiter and Saturn have crossed paths in the night sky, appearing to the naked eye as a "double planet". The timing of this conjunction, as the celestial event is known, has caused some to suggest it may have been the source of a bright light in the sky 2,000 years ago. That became known as the Star of Bethlehem. The planets have been moving closer together each night and reached their closest point on 21 December.