Venus Transit

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  NASA Shares Photo Of Rare Event Involving Sun And Venus, Internet Amazed

  According to NASA, a transit is when one object crosses in front of another in space. Transits help scientists find exoplanets, it added.

• NASA captures 2012 Venus transit in hi-definition

  The world witnessed a rare celestial spectacle today, as planet Venus transit across the face of the Sun, being visible as a black spot on the Sun's surface.

• Clouds mar Venus transit viewing in Karnataka

  With the onset of southwest monsoon in coastal and southern Karnataka, rain-bearing clouds marred a clear view of the Venus transiting across the sun early on Wednesday, though thousands were able to watch the spectacle in northern regions due to clear sky.

• Venus transit a no-show in Kerala, thanks to monsoon

  The rare celestial phenomenon of Venus transiting the sun turned out to be a no-show in Kerala as monsoon took centrestage, leaving hundreds of school children in Thiruvananthapuram disappointed.

• Chennai watches transit of Venus

  The passage of planet Venus across the face of Sun is once in a life time celestial event and many viewed it in Chennai, an official said on Wednesday.

• Venus' transit through NASA's eyes

  In a rare celestial phenomenon, planet Venus is passing between the sun and the Earth today, appearing as a small dot on the surface of the sun. It is the last transit of the century, and the next Venus transit will only happen in the year 2117.

• Venus transits across the sun: Top 10 facts

  The world today witnessed a rare celestial spectacle, as planet Venus transit across the face of the Sun, being visible as a black spot on the its surface.

• Venus transits across the sun: A once-in-a-lifetime event

  From the U.S. to South Korea, people around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus. The next one won't be for another 105 years.

• Watch Live: 2012 transit of Venus

  The transit of Venus will be visible from much of Earth - Tuesday from the Western Hemisphere and Wednesday from the Eastern Hemisphere. This sight won't come again in a 105 years.

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• Rare Venus transit: A once-in-a-lifetime event

  Astronomers around the world will train their telescopes on the skies Tuesday to watch Venus pass in front of the Sun, a once-in-a-lifetime event that will not be seen for another 105 years.

• That dot slowly moving across the Sun? It's Venus

  Stargazers around the world are setting up special telescopes and passing out cardboard eclipse glasses to view the once-in-a-lifetime celestial cameo of Venus passing in front of the sun.

• Delhi gears up to watch century's last Venus transit

  Venus transit: Sky gazers in Delhi are all set to witness a rare celestial event on Wednesday with Venus - the second planet from the Sun and the Earth's neighbour - crossing the Sun's face in what will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

• Venus journeys across the Sun today, next time in 2117

  The silhouette of Venus will march across the face of the sun on Tuesday from the Western Hemisphere (Wednesday from the Eastern Hemisphere). Known as a transit of Venus, this won't happen again until 2117.

• Astronomers seize last chance in lifetime for Venus Transit

  Astronomers are gearing for one the rarest events in the Solar System: an alignment of Earth, Venus and the Sun that will not be seen for another 105 years.