Venus
Venus Express Tests its Engine
After 100 days of travel, ESA's Venus Express tested its main engine for the first time. The burn only lasted…
Shadows Cast By Venus
Have you ever heard that Venus can be so bright it can cast shadows? Well, very few people have ever…
Podcast: Larry Esposito and Venus Express
Venus is our nearest planetary neighbour. Compared to the Earth, it's nearly identical in size and distance from the Sun.…
Liftoff for Venus Express
ESA's Venus Express lifted off today atop a Russian Soyuz-Fregat rocket, beginning its journey to Venus. ESA's Space Operations Centre…
Venus Express Nearly Ready to Launch
Venus Express was all set to launch, but ESA engineers discovered that small particles were contaminating the spacecraft, so the…
What Venus and Sunspots Have in Common
Using data gathered by NASA's SORCE satellite, scientists noticed that the light from the Sun reaching the Earth decreased by…
Resources for the Venus Transit
If you're lucky, you've got a front row view of Venus as it transits across the face of the Sun.…
Transit of Venus Starts Soon
We're just hours away from the first transit of Venus across the surface of the Sun since 1882. Sky watchers…
Watch the Venus Transit on the Internet
We're only a few days away from an event that no person alive has ever seen: a transit of Venus…
Venus Transit on June 8
On Tuesday, June 8, observers in Europe, Asia and Africa will be treated to a very rare event in astronomy:…