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ICYMI: Wednesday night's Jupiter, Venus conjunction

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CHICAGO (CBS) -- It looks like a couple of dots in the sky but you're seeing an interplanetary dance known as a conjunction.

On Wednesday night, Jupiter and Venus passed within half of a degree of each other. That's about the diameter of a full moon - a near kiss in terms of space.

The two planets were brightly lit being next to the moon.

We'll get another celestial treat next month when the southern hemisphere sees a total solar eclipse.

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