A superior conjunction occurs when Venus is the farthest from Earth, on the other side of the sun. Conversely, astronomers ...

Venus (true color & enhanced contrast) as seen by the Mariner 10 spacecraft in 1974. (Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Exactly why Venus has such a dense atmosphere is also unknown. Its atmosphere ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA designed the Parker Solar Probe to study the sun. However, the spacecraft has also ...

The orbit Venus takes around the sun results in an inferior conjunction as it transitions from appearing in the evening sky to the morning sky.

This week, we answer questions from viewers like you on Patreon! Yes, we talk about NASA’s HAVOC concept for Venus, but we also talk about terraforming, prescription drug ads, using your head as an ...

Teams at Ames work with private companies, like Rocket Lab, to turn NASA materials into solutions such as the heat shield tailor-made for this spacecraft destined for Venus, supporting the growth ...

That’s why the aerospace world was surprised last year by the lab’s failure to deliver an asteroid probe on time, a stumble that NASA responded to by postponing a JPL-led Venus mission.

NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN) has transmitted an inspirational message and lyrics from Missy Elliott’s song “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” to Venus, marking the first time a hip-hop song has ...