Does Venus Have Seasons?
[/caption] Venus is similar to Earth in size, mass, density to Earth. In many ways it's Earth's twin planets. Of…
Origin of Venus
[/caption] Where did the planet Venus come from? What's the origin of Venus. Actually, Venus and the rest of the…
Closest Planet to Venus
[/caption] What planet gets closest to Venus? It actually depends on where the planets are in their orbits; but you…
Venus and Jupiter
[/caption] Venus and Jupiter are two different planets that play a very prominent role in the night sky. Venus is…
Clouds on Venus
The clouds of Venus are its defining characteristic. We can see the surface of Mars and Mercury, but the surface…
Venus Number of Moons
[/caption] Earth has the Moon, Jupiter has more than 50 moons, even Pluto has 3 moons. So what about Venus?…
Kepler Scores its First Exoplanet Sighting
[/caption] NASA researchers have published confirmation this week that the Kepler mission will be able to reveal the presence of…
Titan Shaping Up to Look a Lot Like Pre-Life Earth
[/caption] It's more than a billion kilometers (759 million miles) away, but the more astronomers learn about Titan, the more…
Half Comet-Half Asteroid a Fluke? Nope
[/caption] Back in 1996, astronomers discovered a strange object in the asteroid belt. They decided it was either a "lost"…
Albedo of Venus
[/caption] The bond albedo of Venus is 0.75. Albedo is a measurement of the reflectivity of an object. A theoretically…