What: One of the rarest astronomical phenomena, a solar transit by the planet Venus, will occur on the evening of Tuesday, June 5. Similar to a solar eclipse, Venus will move across the face of the ...

In June 2012, Hinode probe (of JAXA and NASA), dedicated to the study of the Sun, observed the planet Venus transiting in front of our star. In the next decade, researchers will start probing the ...

A transit is the crossing of a planet or any star in front of the Sun. Mercury and Venus are the only planets of the solar system that can make transits, because they are closer to the Sun than the ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - There are lots of folks hoping for a beautiful clear sunset Tuesday evening and we're not talking about all of those romantics out there. Instead, its all of the professional and ...

MOORHEAD - Astronomy enthusiasts around the area are gearing up for an event today that won't happen again for another 105 years. Starting a little bit after 5 p.m., the orbit of planet Venus will ...

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station will have a unique vantage point for next week's transit of Venus, a stunning and rare event when Venus will appear as a tiny black dot on the sun as ...

Senior Exploratorium Scientist, Paul Doherty demonstrates how you can make your own sun viewer. You can safely view sunspots, eclipses and transits with this equipment that you may have laying around ...