The European Space Agency (ESA) is ready to guide the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft through its closest encounter with ...

Scientists are proposing ways to explore Venus in the next decade and beyond by way of a host of advanced technologies, from ...

VENUS, the so-called planet of love, is set to shine its brightest all year tomorrow – coincidentally, on Valentine’s Day.

Ahead of its dance with Saturn on Feb. 24, Mercury should be seen on Feb. 19 at magnitude -1.2 with binoculars 20 minutes ...

Located around 900 light-years away in the Puppis constellation, Tylos orbits its parent star at an absurdly close distance, ...

which show a lack of water erosion compared to places like Earth and Mars. It's also consistent with previous work that used modelling to study the early atmosphere of Venus. That's not to say ...

February brings a rare planetary parade, with five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and Saturn ...

A French astrophotographer recently snapped shots of the moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in a single ...

Any object close to our evil twin sister planet will look somewhat dull in comparison—Venus can be so bright ... s nearly at its maximum distance from Earth and thus somewhat fainter than ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

The Sun is slowly setting, it is a beautiful clear sky, and I am in the northern Prague district of Ďáblice inside a long wooded park called Ďáblický háj, which is approximately 60 hectares in size.