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Archive for November 12th, 2006

Transit of Mercury

On Wednesday, Nov 8, the planet Mercury passed directly in front the Sun.
From a vantage point one million miles out in space the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft captured images of the planet Mercury passing directly in  front the Sun of the transit. Good views could also be seen from Americas, Hawaii, Australia, along [...]

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“The Netherlands may become the first European country to ban Muslim face veils after its government pledged  to outlaw the wearing in public spaces of the niqab, or veil, and the burka, or full-length cloak covering the head.
The right-leaning coalition said that it would look for a way to outlaw the wearing of all Muslim [...]

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