A famous captain once spied the passage of a planet between Sun and Earth. You can, too.
Published Jun 3, 2012For the first time in history, the world has a full view of the far side of the Sun and of the entire 360-degree sphere at once.
Published Feb 17, 2011A NASA photographer captured the ISS as it passed directly between the Sun and Earth.
Published Jun 27, 2020Our Sun experienced fewer sunspots in 2008 than it had since the 1957 launch of Sputnik. As of Sun-Earth Day on March 20, 2009, the Sun was continuing its quiet pattern.
Published Mar 20, 2009Seen from a billion kilometers away, through the ice and dust particles of Saturn’s rings, Earth appears as a tiny, bright dot.
Published Jan 16, 2007After 35 years, the Voyager 1 space probe is farther from Earth than any manmade object has ever flown.
Published Sep 5, 2012At 20 times the size of Earth, the largest sunspot observed since the November 2003 series of solar storms is now pointed directly at Earth.
Published Jul 24, 2004