... Mercury Transits the Sun . ... The Sun is not only larger than any planet, it is larger than all of the planets put together. ... In the Vicinity of the Cone Nebula . ... M83: The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy from VLT . ... M83 is one of the closest and brightest spiral galaxies on the sky. ... Will our Sun look like this one day? ... The outer gasses of the star expelled into space appear from our vantage point as if we are looking down a helix. International Space Station in Transit . ... Galaxies.. ...