Our Exoplanet View of Venus Is Coming
Next week, Venus will partake in a spectacle that won’t happen for another century.

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Transit of Venus:
Next week, we’ll be able to see one of the rarest of astronomical phenomena – a transit of Venus. It’s the last one any of us will likely see since it won’t happen again until the 22nd century. Commentator Jim Lattis tells us why this celestial event is such a big deal.
Jim Lattis is the Director of the UW Space Place.
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