CLEVELAND – On June 5, NASA’s Glenn Research Center will participate in two events highlighting the celestial phenomenon of the planet Venus crossing over the face of the sun. This once-in-a-lifetime ...

On Tuesday, June 5, at approximately 3:04 p.m., the planet Venus will begin crossing the face of the sun. The most recent transit of Venus was in 2004. The next one will take place in 2117. Venus will ...

In this image, Venus is just beginning its journey across the face of the sun. Its atmosphere is visible as a thin, glowing border on the upper left of the planet. Two of NASA’s heliophysics missions ...

In June 2012, Hinode probe (of JAXA and NASA), dedicated to the study of the Sun, observed the planet Venus transiting in front of our star. In the next decade, researchers will start probing the ...

What is the importance of studying explosive volcanism on Venus? This is what a study published in the Journal of Geophysical ...

NASA Deep Atmosphere of Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging” (DAVINCI) will launch to Venus in 2029 ...

The transit of Venus -- a planetary spectacle that won't occur again until 2117 -- will appear as a small moving beauty mark on the sun, too tiny to block the sun's light. Extremely hot Venus is one ...

Were there a few too many clouds in your sky yesterday? Did you not have the right telescope or glasses? Or did you simply forget that yesterday was the last Venus Transit for the next 105 years? This ...

Planet to cross sun's face Tuesday. Watch, but protect your eyes. June 1, 2012 — -- Watch with care. Tuesday afternoon, U.S. time, we earthlings will be treated to the rare spectacle of a transit ...