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Tuesday, June 05, 2012  Get some filtered glasses and look up: That dot slowly moving across the sun is Venus

Monday, June 04, 2012  Stargazers and astronomy buffs are invited to the University of Missouri's campus observatory on Tuesday to watch a rare planetary passage.

Friday, June 01, 2012  Planet crossing: Venus to crawl across the face of the sun; won't happen again until 2117

Thursday, May 17, 2012  First 'ring of fire' eclipse visible in US in nearly 20 years; also can be seen in East Asia

Tuesday, December 06, 2011  A new Earth? NASA finds planet outside solar system in just about right-for-life spot

Wednesday, December 08, 2010  Astronomers: Life elsewhere seems even more likely, but may be more like slime mold than ET