Japan's Himawari-8 and Himawari-9 satellites, designed to study weather here on Earth, have also been quietly collecting ...

In an unexpected twist, two Earth-based weather satellites, Himawari-8 and Himawari-9, have provided invaluable data on Venus ...

Venus, planet of love, beauty, aesthetics and attraction is moving into professionally weird, deep space cadet Aquarius from January 2 – January 26, 2023. A fixed air sign, Aquarius is ruled … ...

Venus' atmosphere is a particularly intriguing study target after a 2020 paper suggested the gas phosphine-- which sometimes has a biological origin -- may be present in the planet's clouds.

Earth, Mars and Venus all looked pretty similar when they first formed. Today, Mars is dry, cold, and dusty; Venus has a hot, crushing atmosphere. Why did these sibling planets turn out so different?

Earth, Mars and Venus all looked pretty similar when they first formed. Today, Mars is dry, cold, and dusty; Venus has a hot, crushing atmosphere. Why did these sibling planets turn out so different?

Although its continued brightness is perhaps Venus’s most notable feature, it isn’t just the brightest planet we can see from Earth, but rather an extreme, remarkable planet in a number of ways.

Venus will pass to the north of the much-fainter bluish star Regulus (in Leo, the Lion) on the morning of Sept. 19; the planet and star will appear low in the east-northeast predawn sky, separated ...

According to Star Walk, from Jan. 8-14, the planets that are visible next to the moon are Mercury, Venus, Saturn and Jupiter. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

Earth, Mars and Venus all looked pretty similar when they first formed. Today, Mars is dry, cold, and dusty; Venus has a hot, crushing atmosphere. Why did these sibling planets turn out so different?