A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, ...

Venus was at inferior conjunction on Aug. 13, in line between the Earth and the sun. Now it is swinging away from that line, speeding ahead of the Earth in its faster orbit. In fact, Venus has ...

Giant asteroid swarm near Venus could pose ‘invisible threat’ to Earth, scientists warn - Scientists suspect many asteroids ...

In the evening, Jupiter will be visible low, toward the western horizon each night. And in the mornings, both Venus and Saturn will be visible in the sky, shining in the east for about an hour before ...

A new threat looms as scientists warn of dangerous asteroids near Venus, hidden from Earth's telescopes by the Sun's glare.

Typically, Venus orbits closer to the sun than Earth. Unable to view our graphics? Click here to see them. A superior conjunction occurs when Venus is the farthest from Earth, on the other side ...

The atmosphere itself is… not so fine. It's mostly carbon dioxide, which hey, it's what plants crave, but also a lot of ...

Here’s how it works. You may have noticed in recent weeks that the planet Venus has slipped from the post-sunset sky, slimming into a crescent shape as it drops from view. Its reign as the ...

Launched in 1989, the Magellan spacecraft mapped most of the surface of Venus over six cycles. The spacecraft studied Venus ...

Twenty years ago, Congress gave NASA a directive: find 90% of the near-Earth asteroids that could potentially harm our little ...

The volcano Maat Mons on the surface of Venus is displayed in this simulated view created from data taken by NASA's Magellan spacecraft. For half a century, scientists have dreamed of spying ...