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 ...

The orbit Venus takes around the sun periodically results in a phenomenon astronomers refer to as an inferior conjunction, which occurs when the planet transitions from appearing in the evening ...

This discovery is critical, as it proposes that the planet's atmosphere could be similar to Venus', but on an enormously larger scale. When light travels through the atmosphere, researchers ...

Scientific classification names the unusual planet “Super-Venus,” which changes our understanding of astrophysical characteristics while teaching us about planetary formation processes and atmospheric ...

If you can find a view low to the western horizon on Monday, March 10, you may see a rare conjunction between Venus and Mercury — the two planets interior to Earth in the solar system — before ...

Venus, the planet representing harmony, beauty, and life's pleasures, enters retrograde approximately every year and a half for about 40 days. This period is considered a time of introspection ...

Remarkable views of Venus are available this month. The first two weeks of March provide a great opportunity to sight four bright naked-eye planets in the early evening sky. Low toward the west ...

The two innermost planets, Venus and Mercury, will shine together low in the western sky at sunset on March 10. Here's how to get the best view before they disappear.

As it sped away from Venus, NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft captured this seemingly peaceful view of a planet the size of Earth, wrapped in a dense, global cloud layer. But, contrary to its serene ...