Why do Venus and Jupiter meet up in the sky so often? It's a symptom of a solar system that supports life on Earth
08-06-2026 21:00 via space.com

Why do Venus and Jupiter meet up in the sky so often? It's a symptom of a solar system that supports life on Earth

As it turns out, the conditions that set Venus and Jupiter up for their conjunctions in the sky are the same that are critical for life to survive on Earth.
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