Venus, the second-closest planet to the sun, has the solar system’s hottest temperatures among planets. Venera 13 took almost two dozen color and black-and-white panoramic photographs of Venus ...

Saturday, April 30, 2022: Venus meets Jupiter and 2022’s first solar eclipse Look to the east before sunrise today to see Jupiter and Venus in a close conjunction, the closest they will be in ...

Venus, the second planet from our Sun, vividly demonstrates why the greenhouse effect makes life impossible. With an average surface temperature of roughly 1000º F (500º C) under a toxic ...

Japan's first space probe launched in May 21, 2010, aboard an H2-A rocket heading for Venus. It entered the planet's orbit by Dec. 7, 2015 after a previous attempt in 2010.

While the planet will reach its greatest western elongation at 5:35 p.m. EDT (21:35 GMT), skywatchers will have the best chance at viewing Venus in the very early morning, according to In-The-Sky.org.