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Venus and Mars were closest on February 21 and 22. Did you miss them? Don't worry, we compiled a gallery of EarthSky community photos, showing this cosmic duo.
A new study shows that amino acids could survive in the sulfuric acid droplets in Venus' clouds. And if there are amino acids on Venus, what about life itself?
EarthSky's global community shared fabulous photos of Venus and the moon from their close approach and occultation on November 9, 2023.
The moon is near Venus on November 9, 2023. That makes that morning a great time to try to spot Venus in the daytime sky. Read how here.
Scientists have long thought that Venus never had plate tectonics. But a new study suggests it did early on, which created the atmosphere we see today.
Look for Venus before sunrise. It'll reach greatest elongation - its greatest distance from the sunrise - on October 23, 2023. It's blazingly bright! Can't miss it!
Is there lightning on Venus? Contrary to previous belief, a new study from the University of Colorado Boulder suggests it is rare, if it even exists at all.
You can't miss dazzling Venus in the east before sunup now. It's the 3rd brightest object in the sky, after the sun and moon. But why is Venus so bright?
When is Venus brightest? It'll be brightest in the morning sky around September 19, 2023. Venus will not be this bright again until February and April of 2025.
Throughout 2023, Venus was in the evening sky. People called it the "evening star." After about August 21, Venus will return as the "morning star."
Venus comes to inferior conjunction - passing between Earth and sun - in 2023 at 11 UTC on August 13 (6 a.m. CDT). Then it emerges in the morning sky.
A new study says that high-speed impacts fueled early volcanism on Venus, explaining why Venus' surface is geologically young despite a lack of plate tectonics.
Astrobiologist Jane Greaves and her team report that they have re-confirmed phosphine on Venus, deep in the atmosphere. The gas appears to have a steady source.
You can see Venus, Mars and Regulus close together on July 9 and 10. Use binoculars for a better view of the dimmer objects, a bit more than a moon-width apart.
New findings from NASA's Webb Space Telescope show that rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c is not Venus-like as theorized and only has a very thin atmosphere at best.
Spot Venus and the Beehive star cluster together on June 12 and 13, 2023. Use binoculars to get a good view of the starry cluster and dazzling Venus.
Watch for the waxing crescent moon near Venus, Castor, Pollux, Mars, and the Beehive star cluster on the evening of May 24, 2023. Beautiful!
A fly, attracted to nectar on a strange leaf shaped like an open clam, is about to have a really bad day. Fly, meet the Venus flytrap.
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have compiled a new global map of the known volcanoes on Venus ... All 85,000 of them.
Part of the world was treated to the sight of the moon occulting Venus on March 24, 2023. See some beautiful photos as the moon occults Venus here.