Universe Today -
9 May 2016 16:05

(Note: Awesome images are being added as they come in!) It's not every day you get to see a planet pass in front of the Sun. But today, skywatchers worldwide got to see just that, as diminutive Mercury passed in front of the disk of the Sun as seen from the Earth. This was the first transit of Mercury across the face of the Sun since November 8th, 2006, and the last one until November 11th, 2019. Public events worldwide put the unique spectacle on display. Transits of innermost Mercury are much ...
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