Patricia Totten Espenak Latest articles by Patricia Totten Espenak Tiny Mercury Will Be Revealed During May 9 Transit By Patricia Totten Espenak published 8 May 16 The May 9 transit of Mercury across the sun's face provides a rare opportunity to gauge the size and scale of the solar system. Mercury Get the Space.com NewsletterBreaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors MORE FROM SPACE...1Astronomers discover 'raw materials for life' can form in planetary systems even before stars2Satellites trace a triangle above Gemini North Telescope | Space photo of the day for July 1, 20253World Asteroid Day 2025: Watch live views of near-Earth asteroids for free online on June 304NASA exoplanet-hunting spacecraft and citizen scientists discover a cool new alien world5'Apollo 13' at 30: the space movie where scientists have the right stuff too
Tiny Mercury Will Be Revealed During May 9 Transit By Patricia Totten Espenak published 8 May 16 The May 9 transit of Mercury across the sun's face provides a rare opportunity to gauge the size and scale of the solar system.
