Planets align! Mars and Venus will appear just a finger width apart in the sky tonight in ‘planetary conjunction’ illusion despite millions of miles between them Venus and Mars will meet in tonight’s sky and be the closest tomorrow morning This event is called a planetary conjunction, which is when planets that are millions of … Read more
NASA is returning to Venus for the first time in more than 30 years, as the space agency unveiled two new $500 million missions on Wednesday that are expected to launch within the next 10 years. As part of its State of the Agency address, NASA administrator Bill Nelson said the missions, DAVINCI+ and VERITAS, … Read more
NASA has captured haunting sounds coming from the upper atmosphere of Venus during a close flyby of the Parker Solar Probe launched to study the sun. The natural radio signal is helping scientists study the atmosphere of ‘Earth’s less hospitable twin,’ according to the NASA team responsible for the probe. The space agency captured the … Read more
An average day on Earth’s sister planet Venus lasts a staggering 243 Earth days and new research reveals it can vary by up to 20 minutes from one day to the next. Planetary scientists from the University of California Los Angeles have been repeatedly bouncing a radar signal off the surface of Venus for the … Read more
NASA has revealed a stunning photo of Venus taken by its Parker Solar Probe from 7,693 miles away. The image, taken July 11 last year, is an almost eerie black and white shot of the planet’s nightside – the side facing away from the Sun. A bright rim around the edge of the planet is … Read more
How important is the presence of liquid water? It is now widely believed that Mars holds a reasonably large volume of water. However, the surface of the planet is so cold, this water exists only as ice. In order for life to exist on a planet, many scientists believe it is essential for the world … Read more
Venus Williams and sister Serena enjoy family time in between matches at 2021 Australian Open: ‘Big sister acting like the little sister’ By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 07:03 GMT, 11 February 2021 | Updated: 07:03 GMT, 11 February 2021 They have been a force to be reckoned with on the tennis court even before … Read more
Scientists have sucked the life out of a theory suggesting Venus could be home to biological organisms. In September, researchers claimed to have detected trace amounts of phosphine gas in the planet’s acidic clouds. Phosphine is often released by microorganisms on Earth that don’t use oxygen to breath, which led scientists to speculate Venus could … Read more
Will Smith spotted in black tracksuit on LA set of biopic King Richard about Venus and Serena’s tennis coach dad By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 04:13 GMT, 27 October 2020 | Updated: 04:13 GMT, 27 October 2020 He’s playing the father of tennis superstars Serena and Venus Williams in a biopic about the pro … Read more
The European Space Agency (ESA) has released a sequence of images of Venus, taken by its Mercury-bound BepiColombo spacecraft. BepiColombo swung by Venus and captured its first glimpse of our immediate planetary neighbour, which appears as a tiny circular blob, just visible beneath the craft’s instruments. The flurry of black-and-white snapshots were taken between 7:58am and … Read more