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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A swarm of giant city-killer asteroids hiding near Venus poses an “invisible threat” to life on Earth, astronomers have ...

NASA sent the Magellan spacecraft to Venus in 1990. Over the following four years, Magellan took pictures of more than 98% of the planet. This hemispheric view is color-coded to illustrate elevation.

So while there is 'no profound astronomical significance', as NASA puts it, 'they are nice to view'. According to In-the-Sky.org, the moon will be at its closest point to Venus at 10:34 GMT on ...

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 ...

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

Venus is almost the same size ... The only way to get a detailed view of the ground from above the clouds is by radar directed downward from an orbiting spacecraft. A technique known as aperture ...

Schematic view of planetary material escaping through Venus magnetosheath flank. The red line and arrow show the region and direction of observations by BepiColombo when the escaping ions (C+ ...