... dim the light of Kepler-11 while transiting or crossing in front of the star itself ... telescope and camera recorded a simultaneous transit of three of the planets in the ...
... above the horizon during the entire transit for observers in Europe, Africa, Asia ... This was the first of 14 transits of Mercury which will occur during the 21st ... much more rare but easier to spot will occur -- a transit of Venus across the Sun ...
... On June 8, 2004 , Venus crossed the Sun's disk, the first transit of Venus since 1882. ... Late this week Venus shares the evening sky with the young crescent Moon, and will next transit the Sun on June 6, 2012 . ...
... Their search looked for brief, periodic dips in brightness caused as a large planet eclipses or transits its parent star. ... Kepler , a future NASA mission, is intended to extend the transit technique to search for Earth-sized planets . ...
... The space station's transit lasted 0.49 seconds. ... a well-timed telescopic image , recorded the space station during the transit against the background of the Moon's smooth Mare ...
... to scattering in planet Earth's atmosphere and the rare transit of Venus didn't influence the strangely shaped and distorted ... In fact, seeing the Sun in the shape of an Etruscan Vase is relatively common, especially compared to Venus transits . ...
... While "transits" of Mercury do occur 13 times a century, this one was additionally a very rare grazing transit of our Solar System's innermost planet . ...
... Venus in Transit . ... Fascinating account of past transits and the woes that befell those involved. ... This event is known as a "transit of Venus" and is very rare: the last one was in ...