MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. — News media and the public are invited to observe the transit of Venus broadcast live from atop Mauna Kea, Hawaii, beginning at 3:04 p.m. PDT Tuesday, June 5, 2012 in t… ...

The upcoming transit is the second in a pair that began with one in 2004, which at the time was the first visible in more than 121 years. [Venus Transit of 2004: 51 Amazing Photos] ...

NASA/LMSAL Every century or so, the relative orbital motions of Earth and Venus bring them into perfect alignment with the sun, producing a pair of transits separated by eight years.

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) satellite will watch from space as Venus crosses the sun's face on June 5 (June 6 in the Eastern Hemisphere) the last such Venus transit until December 2117.

The next two Venus transits are on June 6, 2012, and Dec. 11, 2117. NASA has formed partnerships with observatories, museums, and amateur astronomers to help people safely observe the event.

Here’s how it works. Venus appears as a black dot on the lower left edge of the sun in this image from NASA's Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE), captured during the 2004 transit.

This still from a NASA video shows the positions of Venus on the face of the sun at various stages during the transit of Venus on June 5, 2012, as well as on June 4, 2004. (Image credit: NASA) ...

If you missed the transit of Venus yesterday or want to relive the planet's nearly seven hour journey across the Sun, NASA has some beautiful images and video of the event up now. By Kimber ...

NASA's livestream will start at 5:45 p.m. ET and run in different locations for the entirety of the transit. There's also an app, VenusTransit, that can help amateur astronomers watch and log the ...

Science Venus transit app lets users track the planet's rare voyage It won't happen again for 105 years, so pay attention: on Tuesday, you can see Venus traverse the sun.

Here’s how it works. Venus appears as a black dot on the lower left edge of the sun in this image from NASA's Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE), captured during the 2004 transit.

According to NASA, astronauts were onboard the space station on June 8, 2004, when the last transit of Venus occurred, but they were not able to witness the event, primarily because there were no ...