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Did you see the Christmas star? Back on Dec. 21, the two biggest planets in our solar system Jupiter and Saturn appeared so close that they shined almost as one. This great conjunction, which happens every 20 years, was nicknamed the Christmas star. Now, a few weeks later, these slow-moving planets will soon both fade from our view as Earth speeds off around the sun. However, before they sink into the sun s glare, they re going to be joined in the sky by Mercury the solar system s smallest planet for a short yet spectacular triple conjunction. What is a triple conjunction? A conjunction is said to occur when two or more planets align in the night sky as seen from Earth. It s all about line of sight, because Jupiter, Saturn, and Mercury each take a very different amount of time to orbit the sun. Distant Saturn takes 29 years, Jupiter 12 years, and tiny Mercury just 88 days. ....