Mercury Transiting the Sun on 2016-05-09, solar flares visible in centre of the sun. Mercury passes between Earth and the sun on

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Mercury Transiting the Sun on 2016-05-09, solar flares visible in centre of the sun. Mercury passes between Earth and the sun only about 13 times a century, with the previous transit taking place in 2006. Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System

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Location: Northampton, UK
Photo credit: © Keith J Smith. / Alamy / Afripics
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