The transits of Venus to take place in 1874 and 1882 are justly looked forward to by astronomers as the greatest astronomical events of the cen* tury in which they will occur. Why they are so ...

[Justin] is a bit of an astronomy geek, but that doesn’t ... expensive and the clock was rapidly ticking down to the transit of Venus. After reading that blocking most of the light from coming ...

A rare celestial phenomenon is taking place even as you are reading this report. The planet Venus is currently in transit against the Sun, meaning that it can be seen moving across the solar disc as ...

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Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Catch your last views of Saturn as early in the month, the Moon passes in front of ...

On October 5th, you'll see a great pairing of the crescent Moon and Venus very close together in ... with a clear western ...