Planets put on cosmic show

EARLY risers witnessed a cosmic coming-together yesterday morning as Venus and Jupiter appeared side by side in the sky.

The planetary conjunction could be spotted by the naked eye on the east-south-east horizon just after 6am.

UK observers shared images of the celestial event online, where Venus could be seen on the left and Jupiter on the right.

Despite being hundreds of millions of miles apart, Venus and Jupiter appeared together in 2015 and 2016, also on November 13.

Those who missed the event will be able to see the two planets again this morning, but they will not be as close.