This year will be the last Transit of Venus to be seen in our lifetime. The next will not occur until 2117. To mark the occasion, NASA will set up a live telecast of the event from Hawaii which is the best place to view it. During the six hours a number of video clips were contracted to highlight the science behind the Transit and the culture and history of Hawaii.
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The NOAA GOES satellites are most commonly associated with the non-stop coverage of severe weather over the western hemisphere. However, one of the sensors on-board the GOES spacecraft, the Solar X-Ray Imager (SXI), points towards the Sun, providing constant monitoring of space weather, especially solar flares. On June 5th, the GOES-15 SXI captured the transit of Venus across the Sun. It can be seen in this animation as a small dark spot that crosses from left to right. The next transit of Venus visible by Earth will occur in 2117. 
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During the Transit of Venus in the 18th century countries at war paused hostilities and co-operated in allowing scientists safe passage to take measurements that significantly increased our knowledge of the Universe. For the 2012 Transit of Venus on World Environment Day, artist Lynette Wallworth has created a fulldome work about climate change and coral reefs, reminding us of the importance of global co-operation towards the environment.
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This mottled landscape showing the impact crater Tycho is among the most violent-looking places on our moon. Astronomers didn't aim NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to study Tycho, however.
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Short time lapse taken with iPhone (TimeLapse app) and Olloclip fisheye lens from my roof window. Venus and Moon are clearly visible, Jupiter is faint below ...
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Jupiter and Venus from Earth
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![[VIDEO] - Venus Cloud Tops Brace For Sun's 'Floral' Flare | Science News | Scoop.it](https://img.scoop.it/vnLf7P1A5PuTXRYQP5J6pjl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVvK0kTmF0xjctABnaLJIm9)
The Sun produced a colorful flare on January 16, 2011 resembling a flower and the ensuing coronal mass ejection was pointed towards Venus. Damage to the planet's vast atmosphere is expected to be minimal, with slight cloud top erosion.
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November 12, 2013 10:13 PM
Coronal mass ejections can be very powerful. If one strong enough hit earth, it could wipe out radio communication, power lines, and various other very bad things. The reason the CME would cause aurora borealis, also known as northern lights, is because when the sun has a solar storm, it sometimes shoots radiation out into our solar system. If this ejection hits a planet, the gravitational pull would take these particles and pull them towards the poles of the planet. The radiation would then make what we know as the northern lights. I used to think that the aurora borealis only could happen on earth but, I guess it can also happen anywhere in the universe. ET
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Astronomy | prominence | On November 15, the Sun had a minor eruption on its surface that launched a prominence -- a towering arc of ionized gas -- into space.
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Launched on Feb. 11, 2010, the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is the most advanced spacecraft ever designed to study the sun. During its five-year mission... Via Patrice AFRIAT
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Skywatchers around the world readied their telescopes and grabbed their solar shades on Tuesday and Wednesday to catch a glimpse of the transit of Venus, a phenomenon that won't occur again until 2117. Via Religulous
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It won't happen again until December 2117. On June 5th, 2012, Venus will transit the face of the sun in an event of both historical and observational importance. The best places to watch are in the south Pacific, but travel is not required. The event will also be visible around sunset from the USA.
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Starting from the surface of the morning star and ending with a view from above Earth. The transit will become reality for human eyes on June 5, 2012 for the last time until 2117. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
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In a world first, the sounds of Mars and Venus are revealed as part of a planetarium show in Hampshire this Easter.
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![[VIDEO] - Unexpected Venus Motion Shift | Science News | Scoop.it](https://img.scoop.it/ksX1ygDOT3gHv58XhidDPzl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVvK0kTmF0xjctABnaLJIm9)
Europe's Venus Express spacecraft has measured a change in the so-called Morning Star's spin. Peering through the heavy cloud cover with infrared instruments, it has found that surface features have shifted by up to 12 miles.
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