... As its June 6 2012 transit begins Earth's sister planet crosses the edge of the Sun in this stunning view from the Hinode spacecraft. ... This dramatic telephoto view across the Black Sea on June 6 finds Venus rising with the Sun, the planet in silhouette against a ruddy and ragged solar disk. ... Venus Transit 2012 . ... Milky Way Galaxy Doomed: Collision with Andromeda Pending . ... The rare transit of Venus across the face of the Sun in 2004 was one of the better-photographed events in sky...