Mercury Transit II
Well, we tried to see the transit of the Sun’s closest planet, but the weather challenged our desires today. My colleague, Mike Urbancic, set up a couple of telescopes to see what he...
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Transit of Mercury
Monday, November 11th, 2019, marks the next time the planet Mercury can be seen crossing in front of the Sun from Earth. This event is known as a transit. In the case of Mercury,...
Eclipses & Transits
Although we were not even on the same continent, we were watching the latest solar eclipse in Northern Chile on the Price Science Commons’ VizWall during the event. Just a couple of years ago...