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Transit of Venus Redux: More Great Images

[/caption] Images and video from the Transit of Venus on June 5/6, 2012 are still pouring in, and we needed…

12 years ago

Clouds part for Transit of Venus from Princeton University

[/caption] Despite a horrendous weather forecast, the clouds parted - at least partially - just in the nick of time…

12 years ago

Thierry Legault: One Transit is Not Enough

[/caption] Astrophotographer Thierry Legault had told us he was traveling to Australia for the Transit of Venus, so we knew…

12 years ago

Amazing Transit of Venus Images From Around the World

Wow! Amateur astronomers around the world looked to the sky last night and early this morning to observe Venus as…

12 years ago

Stunning Timelapse: Spacecraft Capture the Transit of Venus

Here's the entire 7-hour transit of Venus across the face of the Sun - shown in several views -- in…

12 years ago

Venus Transit As Seen from the International Space Station

[/caption] The guy known as Mr. Fixit in space was also Mr. Prepared. This image is from NASA Astronaut Don…

12 years ago

Transit of Venus: First Images

[/caption] The transit of Venus across the face of the Sun -- the last one for another 105 years --…

12 years ago

Venus Moving in for a Transit

Venus is moving in! The LASCO C3 coronograph on board the SOHO spacecraft has been watching the approach of Venus…

12 years ago

A Rare Type of Solar Storm Spotted by Satellite

[/caption] When a moderate-sized M-class flare erupted from the Sun on May 17, it sent out a barrage of high-energy…

12 years ago

Astrophoto: A Smokestack on the Sun by Monty Leventhal

[/caption] This unusual prominence on the Sun looks like an exhaust-spewing smokestack. It was captured by noted Australian amateur astronomer…

12 years ago