Mercury reaches its greatest elongation, 26 degrees east of the sun on July 4. From latitude 40 degrees north, the ...

Even though Venus moves between the Earth and sun every 19.5 months, it becomes visible after sunset and before sunrise only around every eight years, according to EarthSky. Typically, Venus ...

While Venus passes between the Earth and Sun every 19.5 months, it's only about every eight or so years that the planet becomes visible both after sunset and before sunrise, according to the ...

Strong stated that the object was in fact the planet Venus, which is currently on the opposite side of the sun from the Earth. "Coronagraphs are designed to look at the very faint solar corona ...

Venus will pass between the Earth and sun on Saturday during what's called an inferior conjunction.. The moment of conjunction will happen at around 9 p.m. EDT, but don't plan on seeing the linkup.

Venus will pass to the north of the much-fainter bluish star Regulus (in Leo, the Lion) on the morning of Sept. 19; the planet and star will appear low in the east-northeast predawn sky, separated ...

In six billion years the sun will expand into a red giant. That process should consume Mercury, and maybe Venus. For a long time we have thought it might incinerate Earth, too.. But perhaps all is ...

An inferior conjunction of Venus happens when the planet swings between the sun and Earth. Such an alignment happens about every 19 months because of how Venus and Earth orbit the sun.