Stargazers and early risers are in for a rare treat on Sunday morning with four planets set to align followed by Venus and Jupiter appearing to almost collide with one another.
Saturn, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter will look like they’re in a straight line early on Sunday morning, the Australian National University says
The two brightest planets in the sky, Venus and gas giant Jupiter, will get so close that they’ll appear to collide and become one planet.
“Venus and Jupiter have been moving closer together over the past several weeks,” astrophysicist Brad Tucker said on Saturday.
No special equipment is needed to view the celestial sky show from Australia, which starts about 4.30 a.m. EST and goes until sunrise.
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