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How long did it take Mercury to traverse the sun during a solar transit last week?

Answer: 7.5 hours

About every seven years, observers from Earth can watch Mercury trek across the sun, and one such journey happened last Monday. The images collected by NASA give an idea of the scale of this solar system’s star. Above, Mercury can be seen in the lower left portion of the image. One Reddit user shared his own image of the transit here, and another created an animation from the images.