Venus
Catch a Fine Lunar Planetary Grouping This Weekend
Phew! Our eyes and thoughts have been cast so far out into the outer reaches of the solar system following…
Venus and Jupiter Meet At Last
The year's finest conjunction is upon us. Chances are you've been watching Venus and Jupiter at dusk for some time.…
Catch Jupiter Homing in on Venus Through June
Are you ready to hear an upswing in queries from friends/family and/or strangers on Twitter asking “what are those two…
Venus and the Pleiades – See the Spectacle!
If you've ever been impressed by the brilliance of Venus or the pulchritude of the Pleiades, you won't want to miss what's…
Catch a ‘Conjunction Triple Play’ on February 20th as the Moon Meets Venus & Mars
Fear not, the chill of late February. This Friday gives lovers of the sky a reason to brave the cold…
A Swirling Vortex at Venus’ South Pole
Here’s the latest view of the mass of swirling gas and clouds at Venus’ south pole. The Venus Express’s Visible…
Mercury and Venus an Awesome Duo at Dusk
As Universe Today's Dave Dickinson described earlier this week not only has Venus returned to the evening sky, but Mercury has climbed…
Japan’s Akatsuki Spacecraft to Make Second Attempt to Enter Orbit of Venus in December 2015
Back in 2010, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the The Venus Climate Orbiter "Akatsuki" with the intention of…
Catch Mercury Brushing Past Venus in a Spectacular Dusk ‘Quasi-Conjunction’ This Week
Missing Venus? The third brightest natural object in the heavens returns to prime time dusk skies in 2015 after being…
Work Those Quads: Our Guide to the 2015 Quadrantid Meteors
Quick… what’s the only major meteor shower named after a defunct constellation? If you said the January Quadrantids, you’d be…