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

Will Venus be visible during the conjunction? 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 ...

Your guide to viewing the visible planets of the solar system in the night sky of 2025.

On Saturday and Sunday, the Earth will have an inferior conjunction (closest approach) with Venus, the sixth-largest planet in our solar system and the second-closest to the sun.

After putting on a great show in our evening sky since the fall of 2024, dazzling Venus puts on a spectacular showing for early morning risers for the balance of 2025.

Our planet's closest and brightest neighbor will pass approximately between the Earth and sun this week, in what's called an inferior conjunction.

A highly illuminated Venus has been spotted in the glare of the sun, appearing as a ghostly white light in solar images.

Astronomers spotted a potential Earth-size rocky world orbiting a white dwarf, suggesting a future in which our planet outlives its star. By Jonathan O’Callaghan In six billion years the sun ...

HERE’S THE BACKGROUND — Venus is similar to Earth in size, mass, and density, but it is a far more hardcore version of our planet. Although it is the second closest planet to the Sun, Venus is ...

A 2020 microlensing event was caused by a planetary system with an Earth-like planet and brown dwarf. The star type was uncertain. The team has determined that the star is a white dwarf, a system ...

Every so often, Venus has a moment of brilliancy and, this February, the planet has chosen a rather apt date to reach its peak brightness. On Valentine’s Day (February 14), the planet will ...