An exciting new series of videos from ESA’s Venus Express has been capturing atmospheric details of day and night areas simultaneously, at different altitudes. The south pole of the planet and its ...

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station will have a unique vantage point for next week's transit of Venus, a stunning and rare event when Venus will appear as a tiny black dot on the sun as ...

Viewed from the Voyager 1 space probe as it passed beyond the edge of the solar system, Earth and Venus might not look too different – same diameter, similar mass and distance from the Sun. But from a ...

A rare celestial show unfolded this evening as Venus was eclipsed by the crescent Moon. Known to astronomers as planetary occultation, the phenomenon was observed in the twilight sky when the Moon ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft headed to Mercury can be seen flying low above the ...

On January 8, astronomers were treated to an unusual celestial display as a vibrant green flash illuminated the night sky above Stockholm, originating from Venus. Newly released footage unveils the ...

University of Colorado scientist Larry Esposito has been waiting for 18 years to send a spacecraft back to Venus. On Tuesday, he learned that he just might get his chance. Esposito’s proposal to send ...

Following an unexpected energy surge, Japan’s space agency has hit the pause button on two of the five cameras aboard its Venus-orbiting Akatsuki spacecraft. It’s a bad sign for the troubled orbiter, ...

Craig Stevens receives funding from the New Zealand Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), Antarctica New Zealand Antarctic Science Platform (ASP), MBIE Strategic Science Investment ...

An exciting new series of videos from ESA’s Venus Express has been capturing atmospheric details of day and night areas simultaneously, at different altitudes. The south pole of the planet and its ...