Venus

Liftoff for Venus Express

ESA's Venus Express lifted off today atop a Russian Soyuz-Fregat rocket, beginning its journey to Venus. ESA's Space Operations Centre…

19 years ago

Venus Express Nearly Ready to Launch

Venus Express was all set to launch, but ESA engineers discovered that small particles were contaminating the spacecraft, so the…

19 years ago

What Venus and Sunspots Have in Common

Using data gathered by NASA's SORCE satellite, scientists noticed that the light from the Sun reaching the Earth decreased by…

20 years ago

Resources for the Venus Transit

If you're lucky, you've got a front row view of Venus as it transits across the face of the Sun.…

20 years ago

Transit of Venus Starts Soon

We're just hours away from the first transit of Venus across the surface of the Sun since 1882. Sky watchers…

20 years ago

Watch the Venus Transit on the Internet

We're only a few days away from an event that no person alive has ever seen: a transit of Venus…

20 years ago

Venus Transit on June 8

On Tuesday, June 8, observers in Europe, Asia and Africa will be treated to a very rare event in astronomy:…

21 years ago