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...1New model helps to figure out which distant planets may host life2Go inside the development of NASA's $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope with new 'Cosmic Dawn' documentary3Astronomers discover ultrapowerful black hole jet as bright as 10 trillion suns lit by Big Bang's afterglow4Cosmic Encounter review5'The Alters' is a genre-blending sci-fi survival ordeal about the horrors of being a project manager
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.