In late July 2024, a photograph spread on social media, allegedly showing Venus, the second planet from the Sun and the sixth largest planet. "Clearest image ever taken of Venus," one Facebook user ...

Some lucky stargazers could have a double feature of the planet Venus this weekend. On Saturday and Sunday, the Earth will have an inferior conjunction (closest approach) with Venus, the sixth-largest ...

The first private spacecraft mission to Venus will combat the planet's hellish conditions with the aid of a novel woven heat shield called "HEEET." Engineers at NASA's Ames Research Center in ...

In just some of many celestial highlights of August 2025, stargazers peeped a "planet parade" and caught a rare Venus and Jupiter conjunction, with plenty more dazzling displays in the night sky to ...

Over the next few weeks, a stunning parade of planets will glow across the night sky, putting on a celestial spectacle that both amateur and seasoned stargazers can easily observe. All month, four ...