Jupiter and Mars shine above L'Aquila, Italy during a close conjunction in 2024. (Image credit: Photo by Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Heads up stargazers! Mars meets Jupiter for a spectacular rendezvous in the heart of the constellation Leo on the night of Nov. 15-16, and they won't be this close again until July 2029.

Jupiter and Mars will appear a little over 1 degree from each other as they rise over the eastern horizon around midnight for viewers in the U.S., as the blue-white light of the main-sequence star Regulus glows below, according to In-The-Sky .

It's all a trick of perspective, but spectacular nonetheless.…