The outlook is promising for future long-term monitoring of planets across multiple wavelengths. Infrared imaging data from ...

Earth, Mars and Venus all looked pretty similar when they first formed. Today, Mars is dry, cold, and dusty; Venus has a hot, crushing atmosphere. Why did these sibling planets turn out so different?

On Saturday and Sunday, the Earth will have an inferior conjunction (closest approach) with Venus, the sixth-largest planet in our solar system and the second-closest to the sun.

Venus is a planet so similar to Earth in size and composition. It has often been referred to as Earth’s sister planet. It has also often been the subject of conjecture.

We’re closer than ever to understanding one of the mysteries of our solar system, after scientists looked far back into the history of Venus. It’s believed that the planet – often dubbed Earth’s ...

It could be two planets, or a planet and the sun. An inferior conjunction of Venus happens when the planet swings between the sun and Earth. Such an alignment happens about every 19 months because ...

Outer shell of Venus may be resurfacing the planet, NASA says NASA scientists used data from the agency's Magellan mission. By Julia Musto Fox News. Published February 24, 2023 11:42am EST.

All month, four planets — Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars — will appear to line up and be bright enough to see with the naked eye in the first few hours after dark, according to NASA.Uranus ...

What scientists can lean from discovery of potential life on Venus 04:03. Radar images of the surface of Venus appear to show fresh lava flows, suggesting active volcanoes on the planet.

Call it a cosmic coincidence or a Valentine's Day gift from the heavens. Astronomers say the planet Venus — named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty — will shine its brightest in 2025 ...

The answer lies in the world's atmosphere. If Venus was once a watery, habitable world, the composition of water in the planet's erupting gases would reflect this past history.

Here's your chance to see four planets at once (if the sky is clear in Colorado). Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars should be visible an hour after sunset on Saturday.