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August brings Saturn and Neptune together, offers two shadow transits of Titan, and sees a conjunction of Venus and Jupiter.

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This is consistent with Venus having had a long-lasting dry surface and never having been habitable," Constantinou added. Venus is the second planet from the sun, and Earth the third.

The transit of Venus of June 5-6, 2012 will offer the rare sight of Venus as a small dot marching slowly across the sun's face. How to watch, and how to protect your eyes.

Venus outshines all objects in our sky except for the sun and moon. It will shine at magnitude -4.9 on Feb. 14 and will set at 9:30 p.m., plenty of time to enjoy this heavenly object.