Venus transit today! (Next one in 105 years)
Read the comic: http://mutha.ncra.tifr.res.in/ncra/for-public/transit-of-venus-1/comics-on-the-transit-of-venus-in-14-languages
Watch it live: http://news.discovery.com/space/live-venus-transit-from-mount-wilson-calif-120605.html#mkcpgn=fbdsc17
Everything you need to know about it (including how to watch it safely): http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/05/30/everything-you-need-to-know-about-next-weeks-transit-of-venus/
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And done. We were too overcast in Dallas to watch any of the transit, but this time lapse video makes up for it: http://www.universetoday.com/95675/stunning-timelapse-spacecraft-capture-the-transit-of-venus/
DAMN, I love the modern age.
Starts around 6 PM for us in Michigan