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Published online 4 June 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040531-7
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Venus makes pass at the Sun
Astronomers ogle first transit since 1882.
On 8 June, the planet Venus will appear to cross the surface of the Sun. No living person has ever seen this happen; indeed, it will be only the fifth time that the event has been recorded.
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