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 ...

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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 ...

[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 ...

Although Jupiter and Mars have been dominating the eastern sky, there’s more here to view than just planets. Already 50° high an hour after sunset, the bright, magnitude 0.1 star Capella stands ...

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

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

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

Venus is the planet that brings luxuries, beauty, happiness and abundance with it. The transits of Venus are waited upon with bated breath as it will have the potential to change your life for the ...