On April 25th, early risers are in for a celestial treat as Venus, Saturn, and the crescent Moon align to form a smiley face ...

Venus — a hot planet pocked with tens of thousands of ... explain many of the volcanoes and other features of the Venusian landscape. “Nobody had really considered the possibility of ...

Since Venus and Mercury are "inferior" planets compared with the Earth — meaning their orbits are closer to the sun, according to NASA — they create inferior conjunctions when swinging between ...

Despite Venus being the closest match to our planet Earth, how is it possible ... high-resolution photographs of features in the landscape. In particular the mission plans to gather more data ...

with four planets including Venus, being visible to the naked eye, and two planets – Uranus and Neptune – visible only with a telescope.