"On June 5 and 6 (depending on where you live), we are likely to be the last people now living on Earth to witness a transit of Venus. If it is a clear day, we will be able to watch the brightest star of the night march for a few short hours as a small black dot across the fiery disc of the sun.
Not only is this one of the rarest astronomical events—the next one will not take place until December 2117—but in the 1760s, this heavenly rendezvous spurred the first international scientific collaboration, laying the foundation of modern science." [WSJ]
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