Saturn and Jupiter will align to create rare 'Christmas star' last seen 800 years ago
direct to your inboxA rare planetary alignment could create a 'Christmas star' similar to that which is said to have led the three wise men to the nativity scene, according to an astronomer.On Monday Saturn and Jupiter will come the closest they have done in centuries creating what the researcher described as a 'spectacular event in the sky'.While conjunctions – where objects appear very close to each other in the sky – are not unusual, this will be an 'exceptionally close' one – the closest since 1623, Professor Michael Burton said.The two biggest planets in the solar system will be just 0.1 degrees apart, one-fifth the diameter of the full moon, and appear together as the brightest object in the sky, the director of the longest-running