The latest photos were from the probe’s July 2020 flyby of Venus. The probe passed the planet again earlier this month, on February 20, and the WISPR team planned to capture more images to draw ...

Skywatcher John C. Edwards sent in this photo of the Venus transit of June 5, 2012, taken in Marshall, NC. He used a 150mm reflector telescope and projection rig. Skywatcher Tyler Leavitt sent in ...

WISPR was used to snap images of Venus for the first time in July 2020 when Parker made its third flyby. Scientists thought they might be able to see some of the planet's clouds as they passed ...

Another tweet, posted Wednesday, showed the same photo along with the caption: "Taken from Mars, this is Jupiter, Venus and Earth. So damn cool!" That post got 15,400 likes and over 3,100 retweets ...

Venus is closer to the sun than Earth and looks scorched today, but scientists suggest its surface may have once had enough protection from clouds to stay cool enough to have a water ocean. NASA ...

Earth’s nearest planetary neighbor, Venus, is about to show off, undergoing an intriguing transition that will be easy and fun to follow for novice sky gazers between now and early January.

The moon and Venus put on quite a show for skywatchers around the world this week. On Jan. 3, 2025, the "Evening Star" Venus and a waxing crescent moon crossed the night sky in an event known as a ...

Humanity's only photos of Venus' surface are over 40 years old but that could soon change as new missions set their sights on Earth's twin.

An April 29 Facebook post shared a photo that claimed to show the "clearest image ever taken of Venus." The photo shows a hazy, yellow atmosphere, rocky terrain, small hills in the distance and ...