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Watch: Mercury Filmed Crossing Face Of Sun By The Solar Orbiter
This transit happens when a smaller object, like the moon or a planet, passes in front of a star and dims some of its light.
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Mercury to Make Rare Pass Across the Sun Today: Here's How to Watch
Mercury will make its rare pass across the disk of the Sun on November 11. The stellar event will be visible from most parts of the Earth.
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Mercury To Make A Rare Pass Across Sun Today For Last Time In 13 Years
Mercury is set to make a transit across the sun on Monday morning for the last time until 2032. A pinprick of darkness will puncture a small hole in the sunlight as the planet traverses the solar disk during a 5.5-hour stretch, starting at 7:35 a.m. Eastern time.
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Watch: NASA's Time-Lapse Video On Mercury Zipping Past The Sun In Rare Transit
If you missed the dance of Mercury over the Sun, you need not wait till 2032 which is the next time it will be seen in India again. Watch this video to catch the action.
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Earthlings Watch as Tiny Mercury Sails Past the Sun
Monday's transit was the first since Nasa's Messenger mission to Mercury, which orbited the planet from 2011 to 2015.
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Mercury Rising: Planet Completes Rare Transit Of Sun
Astronomers celebrated Monday witnessing one of the highlights of the skywatchers' year, when the Sun, Mercury and Earth all lined up -- a phenomenon that happens just a dozen or so times per century.
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Hundreds Witness Mercury Transit Across India
Scores of people across the country today observed a rare astronomical phenomenon, Mercury's transit of the Sun, that occurs only 13 times in a century as planet Mercury was seen navigating as dot on the solar disc.
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Mercury, A Dot Across The Sun In Rare Event This Evening
Marking a rare astronomical event -- the Mercury transit, the planet Mercury crossing in front of the Sun, was visible in India today from 4.43 pm till sunset at 7.01 pm in Delhi.
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Mercury Poised For Rare 'Transit' Across Sun's Face Today
Stargazers will have a rare opportunity on Monday to witness Mercury fly directly across the face of the sun, a sight that unfolds once every 10 years or so, as Earth and its smaller neighboring planet come into perfect alignment.
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Mercury Is About To Pass In Front Of The Sun, And It Should Be Incredible To Watch
It happens around 13 times a century: From our perspective, Mercury - the smallest planet in our solar system - will pass in front of the sun. Most of the world, including the United States, on Monday will be able to see the planet as a tiny black dot passing slowly in front of its host star. You shouldn't stare directly into the sun (ouch), but by...
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Watch: Mercury Filmed Crossing Face Of Sun By The Solar Orbiter
This transit happens when a smaller object, like the moon or a planet, passes in front of a star and dims some of its light.
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Mercury to Make Rare Pass Across the Sun Today: Here's How to Watch
Mercury will make its rare pass across the disk of the Sun on November 11. The stellar event will be visible from most parts of the Earth.
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Mercury To Make A Rare Pass Across Sun Today For Last Time In 13 Years
Mercury is set to make a transit across the sun on Monday morning for the last time until 2032. A pinprick of darkness will puncture a small hole in the sunlight as the planet traverses the solar disk during a 5.5-hour stretch, starting at 7:35 a.m. Eastern time.
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Watch: NASA's Time-Lapse Video On Mercury Zipping Past The Sun In Rare Transit
If you missed the dance of Mercury over the Sun, you need not wait till 2032 which is the next time it will be seen in India again. Watch this video to catch the action.
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Earthlings Watch as Tiny Mercury Sails Past the Sun
Monday's transit was the first since Nasa's Messenger mission to Mercury, which orbited the planet from 2011 to 2015.
-
Mercury Rising: Planet Completes Rare Transit Of Sun
Astronomers celebrated Monday witnessing one of the highlights of the skywatchers' year, when the Sun, Mercury and Earth all lined up -- a phenomenon that happens just a dozen or so times per century.
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Hundreds Witness Mercury Transit Across India
Scores of people across the country today observed a rare astronomical phenomenon, Mercury's transit of the Sun, that occurs only 13 times in a century as planet Mercury was seen navigating as dot on the solar disc.
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Mercury, A Dot Across The Sun In Rare Event This Evening
Marking a rare astronomical event -- the Mercury transit, the planet Mercury crossing in front of the Sun, was visible in India today from 4.43 pm till sunset at 7.01 pm in Delhi.
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Mercury Poised For Rare 'Transit' Across Sun's Face Today
Stargazers will have a rare opportunity on Monday to witness Mercury fly directly across the face of the sun, a sight that unfolds once every 10 years or so, as Earth and its smaller neighboring planet come into perfect alignment.
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Mercury Is About To Pass In Front Of The Sun, And It Should Be Incredible To Watch
It happens around 13 times a century: From our perspective, Mercury - the smallest planet in our solar system - will pass in front of the sun. Most of the world, including the United States, on Monday will be able to see the planet as a tiny black dot passing slowly in front of its host star. You shouldn't stare directly into the sun (ouch), but by...
