As Venus crosses the face of the Sun on 5/6 June for the last time in this century, Astronomers Without Borders will stream the event live to a worldwide audience from historic Mount Wilson ...

Image of Sun and Venus during transit of 2012 as seen by the Solar Tower atop Mount Wilson in Southern California. The angular diameter of Venus is larger than those of any of the sunspots located on ...

M. Darby Dyar, Kennedy-Schelkunoff professor of astronomy and chair of astronomy at Mount Holyoke College, at her lab last month. Dyar is among the leadership team for NASA’s upcoming mission to Venus ...

“There are two reasons,” says Mount Holyoke College astronomy professor Darby Dyar. “One is to study the greenhouse effect and how water was lost, which relates to climate change.” The other, she ...

The elevated area beneath the second phalange of the thumb surrounded by the Line of Life is called the Mount of Venus. Venus is known as the Goddess of Love and Beauty in Greek mythology. True to its ...

Ellerman Camera in the Observing Room of the Mount Wilson Observatory’s 60-Foot Solar Tower Telescope. The Venus transit of 2012 occurred on June 5.