The new moon occurs April 27, and a day later Venus and Saturn will make a close approach to each other (known as a ...

According to Culbertson, Venus will be the higher of the two “eyes” while Saturn will be the lower, and the thin, crescent ...

The predawn hours of April 28 will see a planetary triangle form in the night sky, as Venus makes a close approach to Saturn following a conjunction, while Neptune, invisible to the naked eye, will ...

Imagine standing on a scorched landscape where the ground is cracked and shimmering, and the sky glows a deep, fiery orange.

Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system due to its thick carbon dioxide atmosphere, trapping heat as part of a ...

In astronomy, a conjunction occurs when two celestial objects—like planets, the Moon, or stars—appear very close together in ...

The Tethered Observatory for Balloon-based Imaging and Atmospheric Sampling is an idea awarded a NIAC grant by NASA earlier ...

The celestial image could be spoiled by a dull Saturn, which might lack the brightness needed to tie the smiley together, ...

The morning of April 24 will give rise to a striking mini-planetary parade, as Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Neptune, and Earth's ...

How can we successfully collect and return samples from Mercury and Venus to Earth? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference hopes to address as a pair ...