Posted: May 09, 2016 2:04 am
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36228327
B.B.C. Article
Skywatchers across the globe will see Mercury transit the Sun on Monday.
The Solar System's smallest planet will pass directly between Earth and our star from around 11:12 GMT to 18:42.
Such a transit only rolls around 13 or 14 times each century; the next occasions will be in 2019 and 2032.
The event is impossible - and dangerous - to view with the naked eye or binoculars, but astronomy groups worldwide will offer a chance to view it through filtered telescopes.
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