Astronomers from the University of New Mexico, along with U.S. and international researchers, have confirmed the existence of ...

The discovery of the exoplanet, a super-Earth called Kepler-735c, is all down to something called transit timing variations, ...

The Astronomical Unit has been "fundamental to figuring out the distances of everything in astronomy," says Michael Strauss, ... And how did the transit of Venus give us the distances to the stars?

However, it's transits of Venus (which last occurred in 2004 and 2012, and won't happen again until 2117 and 2125) that are much more famous in astronomy than transits of Mercury, even though only ...

The Perseverance Mars rover's Mastcam-Z camera the Martian moon Phobos transit the Sun. See real-time and time-lapsed views ...

It was first observed during the transit of 1761 and revealed that Venus has an atmosphere. ESA’s teams in Svalbard, Norway, enjoyed the transit under the midnight Sun, in between cloudy spells.

On June 5, skywatchers around the world will be treated to a rare astronomical event when Venus dances across the solar disk for the last time this century. The so-called transit of Venus is a ...

HONOLULU - None of us will likely see Venus pass, like a moving beauty spot, across the face of the sun again. From the U.S. to South Korea, people around the world turned their attention to the ...

And remember, although the next transit of Mercury occurs November 13, 2032, that one will be entirely visible from only Africa, Europe, and India. The next one visible from North America isn’t ...

On Monday morning, Mercury will make a pass in front of the sun. Though the smallest planet will seem like a mere freckle compared to our yellow dwarf, it's a rare celestial event. Miss it, and ...

HONOLULU - None of us will likely see Venus pass, like a moving beauty spot, across the face of the sun again. From the U.S. to South Korea, people around the world turned their attention to the ...