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CNS / Annette Schreyer U.S. Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, director of the Vatican Observatory is pictured at the observatory in Rome in this Dec. 12, 2007, file photo. Brother Consolmagno, along with astronomers and sky gazers across the world, will be keeping watch at sunset Dec. 21, 2020, in any time zone for a rare astronomical phenomenon as two of the brightest naked-eye planets, Saturn and Jupiter, create an event known as "Planetary Conjunction." CNS / Annette Schreyer U.S. Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, director of the Vatican Observatory is pictured at the observatory in Rome in th...

‘Christmas Star’ arrives at solstice Saturn is seen shining above the Cape Murro di Porco Lighthouse in Syracuse, Sicily, and Jupiter is seen shining to the right, in this photo taken in November. The two largest planets in the solar system will pass so close together Dec. 21 it has given rise to talk about the “Christmas Star.” CNS photo/Kevin Saragozza, courtesy NASA ‘Christmas Star’ arrives at solstice By  Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service December 20, 2020 CLEVELAND -- A once-every-two-decade conjunction involving the solar system’s two gas giants will give earth...