With the new moon darkening the skies, you’ll have a rare shot at spotting the Milky Way, deep-sky galaxies, and even the ...

Mysterious features on the surface of Venus might suggest that there is activity under its surface, scientists have suggested. Almost circular features on the surface might suggest that it has ...

August brings Saturn and Neptune together, offers two shadow transits of Titan, and sees a conjunction of Venus and Jupiter.

Mercury begins to emerge from the dawn glow after Aug. 12. On Aug. 19, Mercury reaches its greatest elongation west of the ...

Venus is the brightest point of light in the sky, shining at magnitude –4.2. To its upper left is the delicate crescent Moon, some 26 days old and 13 percent lit.

This radar image captured by the Magellan probe shows a region on Venus' surface approximately 180 miles (300 kilometers) across, and located in a vast plain to the south of Aphrodite Terra. The ...

Yet this week, in the Northern Hemisphere, Venus will be both, as the planet will be visible before sunrise and after sunset from March 18-21. Known as the dual visibility of Venus, this rare ...

Getty Venus is so bright that it will be visible even in the first light of dawn. It will appear both after sunset and before sunrise for a few days around March 18 through 21, per Star Walk.

On the surface (you're welcome for the joke), Venus is not even close to being hospitable to life. But that's not the end of the story.

While there were many caveats in linking the discovery directly to proof of life on Venus, it still set both the scientific community and the public abuzz with new wonder. Missions to space can be ...

Venus, on the other hand, is a hot planet both inside and out. Surface temperatures reach 870°F, and its volcanoes and other surface features show clear signs of melting.

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