NASA | SDO's Ultra-high Definition View of 2012 Venus Transit

The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is a NASA mission launched in 2010 to study the Sun's behavior and its impact on Earth's space environment. One of the notable events observed by SDO was the transit of Venus across the face of the Sun in 2012. This event, known as the Venus transit, occurs when Venus passes directly between the Earth and the Sun, appearing as a small, dark dot moving across the Sun's surface.