When Mercury stations retrograde, it will form a sweet sextile to Venus, presenting the opportunity for reconnection or a ...

Have you ever wondered how long it would take to travel to each of the planets in our solar system? The distances between ...

While Mars continues to capture global imagination as the future of human colonization, few realize that Venus is actually ...

One of the brightest and most colorful stars in the sky and the most brilliant planet are on stage in the early morning dawn ...

Mercury and Venus, the two planets closest to the sun, will be visible this week at dusk. Credit: Creators.com illustration The planets Mercury and Venus appear in our western sky this week at ...

Venus' closest approach to Earth Even though Venus moves between the Earth and sun every 19.5 months, it becomes visible after sunset and before sunrise only around every eight years, according to ...

Although Mercury orbits closer to the Sun than Venus, thanks to the planets’ current locations in their orbits, Mercury is nearer to Earth right now.

But of these planets, which is nearest to the sun? Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, followed by Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

Just after sunset tonight, Venus and Mercury will appear within 1.5 degrees of each other above the southwest horizon. The planets won’t be this close again until 2024, according to EarthSky.org.

In the wee hours of July 18th, Mercury, our planet of communication and exchange, lip service and slander, poetry and sexting ...

Only the two innermost planets, Mercury and Venus, can transit the sun for Earth-based viewers. While Mercury transits happen 13 to 14 times a century, Venusian transits are even rarer, happening ...

Mercury is closer to the sun even than Venus, but is far smaller in physical size and also less reflective—Mercury’s surface is mostly dark volcanic rock, while Venus is enshrouded in clouds ...