Astronomy Picture of the Day . The Car, the Hole, and the Peekskill Meteorite . ... The sight of Mercury's tiny round disk drifting slowly across the face of the Sun inspired and entertained many denizens of planet Earth last week. ... The picture, from a coronograph onboard the space-based SOlar Heliospheric Observatory, spans 15 degrees with the Sun's size and position indicated by the white circle. A Fog Bow Over California . ... A Hurricane Over the South Pole of Saturn . ...