A new discovery by the James Webb Space Telescope has given scientists fresh insight into Venus and its potential to host life ...

Venus reaches its point of greatest western elongation on June 1, at which time the dazzling 'morning star' will be at its most distant point from the sun in Earth's sky during its pre-dawn apparition ...

From June 27-30, Mercury's visibility in the western evening sky is described, noting its proximity to the Beehive cluster (M44), Castor, Pollux, Regulus, and the Moon, with details on its apparent ...

On Tuesday, June 5, at approximately 3:04 p.m., the planet Venus will begin crossing the face of the sun. The most recent transit of Venus was in 2004. The next one will take place in 2117. Venus will ...

This article first appeared on Wired.com. On August 10, six planets — Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune — will line up in an arc in the night sky. Four of these planets — Mercury, ...

The moon, just hours past its last quarter phase, will rise above the east-northeastern horizon shortly before midnight local ...

September’s superb nocturnal sights are redoubled this year with an extravagant bestowal of stunning beauties wedded to a wandering dazzler. September is a time to soar. Beneath dark skies, look ...

Astronomers have discovered seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around the baby sunlike star providing *** peek into the start of our own solar system. The the thing that we've discovered is ...

to communicate with several missions of the Venus exploration program Venera in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In the 2000s, the telescope featured prominently in several initiatives intended to ...