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Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will line up in the sky this week and could stay visible to the naked eye for a number of weeks. Skygazers will be treated to the sight from Wednesday all the way ...
Transit of Venus. 2257 Eris will reach perihelion (38 AU) from the Sun for the first time since discovery. 2265–2267 Predicted return to perihelion by the Great Comet of 1861 (C/1861 J1). 2271 October 6 Close conjunction between Venus and Regulus, perhaps occultation of Regulus by Venus. 2279 Triple conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. 2279 ...
The crescent moon will appear to align with Venus and nearby Jupiter shortly after sunset on Feb. 23, an alignment that will be visible from the heart of bustling cities to the dark sky parks ...
On August 23, 2023, Venus retrograde and Mercury retrograde will join forces for a wild and crazy finale to summer. As you look at your calendar to lock in your last-minute summer plans, there are ...
Conjunction of Mercury and Venus, appearing above the Moon, at the Paranal Observatory.. This is a list of the Solar System's recent planetary conjunctions (in other words, when two planets look close together) for the period 2005–2020.
Missions to Venus constitute part of the exploration of Venus. The Soviet Union , followed by the United States , have soft landed probes on the surface. Venera 7 was the first lander overall and first for the Soviet Union, touching down on 15 December 1970.
A transit of Venus takes place when Venus passes directly between the Sun and the Earth (or any other superior planet), becoming visible against (and hence obscuring a small portion of) the solar disk. During a transit, Venus is visible as a small black circle moving across the face of the Sun. Transits of Venus reoccur periodically.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is set to make its final flyby of Venus on Wednesday, setting up the spacecraft to become the closest human-made object to the Sun on Christmas Eve this year.