On February 10, 1958, scientists at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory bounced radar waves off of Venus. At the time, Venus was at a point in its orbit called inferior conjunction, where it is directly in ...

The planet, known as HD 20794d, gets farther out from its star than Mars is from the sun and, on the other end of its orbit, ...

Whether you're an experienced astronomer or simply enjoy gazing at the night sky, this January offers a rare opportunity to witness a dazzling array of planets.

Planet-spotting is all about perspective. From where we are in our orbit of the Sun the closest planet to us, Venus, appears to ping back and forth from the Sun’s glare into the post-sunset ...

From Earth’s point of view, Venus disappeared behind the sun in March and has since been gradually re-emerging from its glare. Earth takes 365 days to orbit the sun, but Venus only 227.

Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with the European Space Agency to build the EnVision spacecraft that will unveil Venus’ deepest mysteries •           As prime contractor, Thales Alenia Space ...

“We needed nine flybys (one at Earth, two at Venus, and six at Mercury) to slow down our spacecraft and bring it into a good position to enter the orbit of Mercury.” Sequence of 89 images ...

But then retreats beyond the orbit of Venus to "cool down". The European Solar Orbiter mission makes less aggressive sorties toward the star, to only about one-third of an astronomical unit (AU).

The other, Persephone, is named after Demeter's daughter, whom Venus' Greek equivalent had taken away to the underworld. It is left at a higher orbit and responsible for transmitting the data ...

June’s best star watching happens in the daytime, as Venus makes a rare transit across the face of the sun. Try not to miss it; this is the last transit of Venus until December 2117. The ...

A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...