Have you ever heard that Venus can be so bright it can cast shadows? Well, very few people have ever…
Venus is our nearest planetary neighbour. Compared to the Earth, it's nearly identical in size and distance from the Sun.…
ESA's Venus Express lifted off today atop a Russian Soyuz-Fregat rocket, beginning its journey to Venus. ESA's Space Operations Centre…
Venus Express was all set to launch, but ESA engineers discovered that small particles were contaminating the spacecraft, so the…
Using data gathered by NASA's SORCE satellite, scientists noticed that the light from the Sun reaching the Earth decreased by…
If you're lucky, you've got a front row view of Venus as it transits across the face of the Sun.…
We're just hours away from the first transit of Venus across the surface of the Sun since 1882. Sky watchers…
We're only a few days away from an event that no person alive has ever seen: a transit of Venus…
On Tuesday, June 8, observers in Europe, Asia and Africa will be treated to a very rare event in astronomy:…