Venus is in the spotlight Tuesday (June 5) as it makes a rare pass across the face of the sun. The transit of Venus occurs in pairs more than a century apart. The last Venus transit happened in 2004, ...

MADISON, Wisc. (WKOW) — The planet Venus will be shining bright like a diamond Sunday as it reaches its highest point in the sky. "All you have to do to see it is go outside around sunset," said ...

In an unexpected discovery, two weather satellites designed to monitor Earth’s atmosphere have ended up capturing valuable information about Venus. Weather Satellites Meant for Earth Record Stunning ...

NASA's next planet-hunting telescope, called the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite—or TESS—is expected to launch April 16, in hopes of identifying more than 1,000 exoplanets for scientists to ...

When scientists recently took a closer look at archival images of the surface of Venus, they discovered something new: evidence of volcanic activity on Earth's "twin." The NASA Magellan spacecraft ...

Venus was the goddess of beauty in ancient Rome and her brightly shining planetary namesake lives up to that hype. When Venus is in the evening sky, you notice her. When she is in the predawn sky, you ...

If you were to stand on the surface of Venus today, you wouldn't stand there for long. With temperatures that top out above 850 degrees Fahrenheit and a carbon dioxide atmosphere 90 times thicker than ...

Based on what scientists have said about Venus, finding a world similar to it may not seem like a thrilling breakthrough in space research: Our neighboring planet's surface is a hot, toxic world, with ...