... Venus at the Edge . ... With Venus in transit at the Sun's edge on June 8th, astronomers captured this tantalizing close-up view of the bright solar surface and partially silhouetted disk. ... A Planet Transits the Sun . ... Mammatus Clouds Over Mexico . ... An artist's dramatic vision, the picture shows the Sun suspended above the nearby horizon as a bright star immersed in the dusty ecliptic plane. ... Stars and planets appear to be under construction in dusty nebula RCW 49. ...