The two innermost planets, Venus and Mercury, will shine together low in the western sky at sunset on March 10. Here's how to ...

But because Venus and Mercury orbit closer to the sun than Earth, with smaller, faster orbits, it's more rare for them to ...

Led by Rocket Lab of Long Beach, California, and their partners at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, ...

Seven planets are on display in the night sky at the end of February, but some will be harder to spot than others. Here’s ...

NASA has captured a breathtaking image of Venus, the second planet from the Sun and the sixth largest in our solar system. Known as the hottest planet, Venus holds the title for the highest ...

A private mission to Venus will collect atmospheric samples, aiming to study the planet’s clouds for signs of life.

There are 8 planets in our solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Naptune. The solar system formed about 4.6 billion years ago from a cloud of interstellar gas and dust.

Star would be the first private mission to another planet and the first in over 30 years to directly measure Venus’s clouds.

A company that's slated to launch the world's first-ever private mission to Venus is getting ready for the planet's super-hot temperatures with some help from NASA. The space agency boasted in a ...

Mercury will inch closer to Venus until March 9 when the pair reach conjunction, according to In the Sky. A conjunction ...

Five planets are visible to the naked eye, according to NASA: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Mars will appear reddish and high in the sky, near the Gemini constellation, Star Walk said.

But because Venus and Mercury orbit closer to the sun than Earth, with smaller, faster orbits, it's more rare for them to make an appearance, according to NASA. Venus is visible for only a few ...