Venus, our planet of wealth and worth, will be double dipping and twice shining this week as it moonlights and daybreaks as both the morning and evening star.

Venus, on its 225-day orbit of the sun, is currently lapping Earth on the inside track and is at its closest to Earth this month as it ever gets. The planet, which is now a crescent as seen from Earth ...

The first private spacecraft mission to Venus will combat the planet's hellish conditions with the aid of a novel woven heat shield called "HEEET." Engineers at NASA's Ames Research Center in ...

After Friday's spectacle, a "planet parade" of this size won't appear in the night sky for several years, experts say.

A later mission would use a two-ton rocket to launch samples into Venus’ orbit to be picked up by a spacecraft returning to Earth. If successful, Morning Star would be the first private mission ...

Seven planets are on display in the night sky at the end of February, but some will be harder to spot than others. Here’s what you need to know to catch a glimpse.

Over eight years, Venus will retrograde five times in different signs. If we track the orbit of Venus across the sky from sign to sign across this cycle, part of the retrograde phases form a five ...

A 7-planet alignment will be visible in Michigan skies on Friday. Here's what to know and how to see the planetary alignment.

That is because both Venus and Mercury orbit closer to the sun than Earth, meaning they orbit much quicker than other planets, according to NASA. When was the last time 6 planets aligned?

This happens because the planets orbit around the sun in the same plane ... Trace that line of sight higher to find Venus, the most brilliant planet in the sky. “Venus, you cannot miss ...

Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are frequently seen in the night sky. But because Venus and Mercury orbit closer to the sun than Earth, with smaller, faster orbits, it's more rare for them to make an ...

Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are frequently seen in the night sky; but because Venus and Mercury orbit closer to the sun than Earth, with smaller, faster orbits, it's rare for them to make an ...