'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
Independent voices from the TWT Communities
The Space Science Institute (SSI) in Boulder, Colorado, is a nonprofit, public benefit corporation formed in 1992. Its purpose is to create and maintain an environment where scientific research and education programs can flourish in an integrated fashion. - Source: Wikipedia
None of us will likely see Venus pass, like a moving beauty spot, across the face of the sun again.
Filtering the sun's light to a minuscule fraction of its true power allowed sky-gazers around the world to watch a silhouetted Venus travel across Earth's closest star, an extremely rare spectacle that served as a reminder of how tiny our planet really is.
For astronomers, Venus passing in front of the sun is not just a rare planetary spectacle _ it won't be seen for another 105 years. It's also one of those events they hope will spark curiosity about the universe.
None of us will likely see Venus pass, like a moving beauty spot, across the face of the sun again.
