Free viewings for transit of Venus last chance this century Crossing the Sun The Last Transit until 2117 2012 Man Who Knew Would [Excerpt] App Enables Cosmic Calculations Next Tuesday NASA to Use Rare as PlanetHunting Exercise Draws Near Chance Part 1 Watch Online Skywatchers Prepare 'Transit Venus' 2 pass by from San Clemente Pier Harper College Observatory capture crossing sun Till makes rare appearance on Interactive Explaining Excitement builds astronomical rarity

Venus Transit 2012: What You'll See This Week (Pictures) Get a glimpse of what to expect during this week's transit of Venus, including sunrise shots, pinhole projections, and views from space. Last Chance for Venus Transit In 2004, Venus passed across the face of the sun. June 5, 2012 is the last transit of Venus until 2117. NASA Transit of Venus: What Earth Looks Like From Venus During Rare Sky Show There is no question that countless numbers of people will be watching the transit of Venus on Tuesday; a very striking celestial phenomenon that has been seen only once in the last 129 years and won't happen again until December in the year 2117.  Review: Transit of Venus This week marks the last time Venus will transit the disk of the Sun as seen from the Earth for over a century. Jeff Foust reviews a book that provides an illustrated history of the studies of these transits and their scientific importance. Transit of Venus 2012: Where can I get solar eclipse glasses? Where can you buy special solar eclipse glasses to watch the Transit of Venus safely, a once-in-a-lifetime astronomical sight Tuesday afternoon? In Southern California, a major bulk supplier of solar glasses is Rainbow Symphony in the Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley, Scientists to Use Venus Transit to Hone Alien Planet Search Techniques Astronomers around the world will take advantage of Tuesday's historic Venus transit to get better at finding and characterizing alien planets. How to Photograph the Rare Transit of Venus Safely Witnessed only seven times since the time of Galileo, Venus's solar crossing on Tuesday (June 5) is a rare and historic event that shouldn't be missed. Unless modern science discovers a way to delay or halt the aging process, this will be the last Venus transit we'll ever get to see in our lifetime — the next transit won't take place until 2117, or 105 years from now. Transit of Venus Draws Near We're just hours away from the last transit of Venus until the year 2117. A transit is when a planet passes in front of the sun, revealing itself as a tiny black dot on the sun's face. Transits in the 18th century helped us figure out the dimensions of the solar system, which are now well known. But the 2012 transit will still provide information that could help astronomers understand distant ... The Venus Transit: Who Cares? There is far deeper and far more intimate reason why the Venus transit matters and it's all about Time. How to Watch the Venus Transit with Binoculars On June 5, Venus will cross the face of the sun. If you live in North America, Europe, Asia or eastern Africa, you'll be able to witness this historic celestial event, which won't happen again for more than a century. But considering how dangerous it is to look at the sun directly, how can you view the so-called "transit of Venus" without having to go out and buy any fancy equipment or filters?
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