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The Perseid meteor shower, known for bright meteors, will see reduced visibility this year, with only 10 to 20 meteors per ...
Set your alarm and find a dark sky: the Perseid Meteor Showers hit their peak overnight, with bright fireballs likely even ...
It'll be an active sky over several days in August 2025, with planets visible, meteor showers and nebulas popping up. Here's ...
Wondering what planets are visible right now? Jupiter and Venus are meeting up in the sky, at least from our vantage point.
Venus is getting a full makeover. NASA is launching VERITAS to map volcanoes and tectonics, while DAVINCI dives into the atmosphere to sample gases and image ancient surface patterns. On top of that, ...
This week, skygazers have two celestial events to be excited about, with a Jupiter-Venus planetary conjunction and the ...
Jupiter and Venus will appear closest over Aug. 11-12, according to NASA, appearing as if they’re “grazing” each other despite still being millions of miles apart. It comes as a popular meteor shower, ...
Highlights include a morning meetup between Jupiter and Venus, a chance to see the Perseid meteor shower, and a window into ...
NASA announced last June that by the end of this decade, it will send two missions to Venus, and the European Space Agency is planning a third (see “Everyone’s Going to Venus,” p. 63).
The Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging (DAVINCI) mission will depart early 2030s to study Venus.
NASA image of Venus taken by the Mariner 10 spacecraft (main) and stock image of the ocean (inset). Venus may never have had liquid water, researchers have found.
Missy Elliott lyrics blasted off into space as NASA transmitted her song "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" 158 million miles from Earth to Venus, the space agency said Monday. It took nearly 14 minutes ...