Mercury Transit

• Mercury transit provides interstellar views and introspection

  One amateur astronomer said seeing the Mercury transit made her feel small but connected with everything else.

  Canada

  Nov 11, 2019
  
• Mercury passes across sun’s face in rare 5-hour transit

  Stargazers used solar-filtered binoculars and telescopes to spot Mercury -- a tiny black dot -- as it passed directly between Earth and the sun on Monday.

  World

  Nov 11, 2019
  
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• How to watch Mercury’s transit across the sun on Monday

  First things first -- never stare at the sun without appropriate solar filtration.

  World

  Nov 9, 2019
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• WATCH: Close-up view of Mercury transit seen from space

  On May 9, telescopes around the world were turned toward the sun to witness a rare event: Mercury passing in front of the sun. One space-based telescope provided us with a close-up view of the transit.

  Science

  May 18, 2016
• WATCH: NASA space telescope captures Mercury transit

  NASA has released a beautiful video of the event as witnessed by the Solar Dynamics Observatory, a telescope that keeps a constant eye on the sun.

  Science

  May 11, 2016