NASA Sci-fi fans would be undoubtedly unnerved by the idea of giant tunnels under the surface of planets. So it’s no wonder ...

Venus in Aries flirts by charging straight at what (or who) it wants. It doesn’t mind sliding into the DMs or walking across ...

Venus's substantial atmospheric mass mitigates the effect of its atmospheric escape rate, which is comparable to Earth's, on its overall density and surface pressure, though long-term compositional ...

Anyone who watches Paris Is Burning, Jennie Livingston’s iconic 1990 documentary about the New York City ballroom scene, will immediately fall in love with Venus Xtravaganza, the 23-year-old trans ...

Venus exhibits a cyclical pattern of appearing as an "evening star" or "morning star," reaching greatest elongation from the Sun and peak apparent brightness, such as magnitude –4.9, at specific ...

On this day in 1962, NASA’s Mariner 2 spacecraft made history with a close flyby of Venus, marking a major milestone in the early years of space exploration. The mission became America’s first ...

Venus was at inferior conjunction on Aug. 13, in line between the Earth and the sun. Now it is swinging away from that line, speeding ahead of the Earth in its faster orbit. In fact, Venus has erupted ...

The Moon, Venus, and faint Mars, together in the July 12, 2021 night sky. The close proximity of Venus to Mars is the result of a planetary conjunction, while the thin crescent Moon just happened to ...

The European Space Agency probe BepiColombo is scheduled to go into orbit around Mercury in 2025. But to reach the innermost planet in the solar system, BepiColombo needs a gravity assist from ...