Radar images of the surface of Venus appear to show fresh lava flows, suggesting active volcanoes on the planet. Scientists from Italy's International Research School of Planetary Sciences wrote in an ...

A U.S.-based researcher created the image by editing original panoramic photos taken by a Soviet Union space probe with the programming language C++ and photo-editing software Adobe Photoshop. The ...

When scientists recently took a closer look at archival images of the surface of Venus, they discovered something new: evidence of volcanic activity on Earth's "twin." The NASA Magellan spacecraft ...

On a flyby of Venus, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured the first visible light images of the cloudy planet’s surface from space, a new study reports. The nightside view of the extremely hot surface ...

Stargazers will soon have an opportunity to view six planets in alignment in the night sky, according to NASA. Mercury, Venus ...

A collapsed lava tube detected in 30-year-old radar data from Venus may be part of a much wider network of underground caves.

Mercury, Venus, Saturn and Jupiter can be seen with the naked eye; Uranus and Neptune with binoculars or a telecscope.

They should all be visible in the same part of the sky shortly after sunset, creating what is often called a planetary parade ...

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 5: In this handout image provided by NASA, Liz Heller and Andriel Mesznik watch the transit of Venus on June 5, 2012 in New York, New York. The Transit of Venus involves the planet ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 30: This set of images taken in 2004 ...