This chart shows the times of "contact" between Venus and the sun during the transit of Venus for major cities on June 5, 2012. This example of the tool at transitofvenus.nl, is set for observing ...

Many people around the world were thrilled to see a transit of Venus in June (June 5 in the United States and June 6 in Asia, on the other side of the International Dateline), the dark silhouette of ...

Skywatcher John C. Edwards sent in this photo of the Venus transit of June 5, 2012, taken in Marshall, NC. He used a 150mm reflector telescope and projection rig. Skywatcher Tyler Leavitt sent in this ...

Did you miss the transit of Venus in front of the sun yesterday? Were there clouds in your skies? Stuck in Antarctica? If you didn’t catch this last alignment of our cloud-shrouded planetary neighbor ...

New movies of the transit of Venus on 6 June 2012, viewed from two different locations on Earth, clearly show the parallax effects that have made Venus transits so important historically. The results ...

Planet to cross sun's face Tuesday. Watch, but protect your eyes. June 1, 2012 — -- Watch with care. Tuesday afternoon, U.S. time, we earthlings will be treated to the rare spectacle of a transit ...

Astronomers around the world looked to the sky last night and this morning to observe Venus as it passed across the face of the Sun for the last time this century. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) ...

On June 5, 2012, Venus will pass across the face of the sun, producing a silhouette that no one alive today will likely see again. Transits of Venus are very rare, coming in pairs separated by more ...