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Watch the Space Station Zip Across the Sun: Incredible New Views from Thierry Legault
Take a look at the incredible detail in the latest work from astrophotographer extraordinaire Thierry Legault. He captured images of…
Curiosity Captures Mercury from Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover may be busy exploring the rugged and rocky interior of Gale Crater, but it does get a…
Observing Alert: See Mercury’s Best Evening Show of the Year
Don't let furtive Mercury slip through your fingers this spring. The next two and a half weeks will be the best…
A Secret Solar Eclipse from Outer Space
Call it the eclipse nobody saw. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) got its own private solar eclipse showing from its…
We Are Made of Stardust
This brief quote by the late Carl Sagan is wonderfully illustrated in the beautiful and poignant short film "Stardust," directed…
Help Astronomers Collect Venus Transit Data!
[/caption]During June 5th/6th 2012, Venus will be transiting the Sun, where it will make a rare appearance as a small…
ESA: Unveiling Venus
[/caption] With Venus about to get its day in the Sun -- very much literally -- the European Space Agency…
Transit
[/caption] Although the word "transit" can have many meanings, here on Universe Today, we're talking about astronomical transits. This is…