It'll be an active sky over several days in August 2025, with planets visible, meteor showers and nebulas popping up. Here's ...

It'll be an active sky over several days in August 2025, with planets visible, meteor showers and nebulas popping up. Here's ...

Set your alarm and find a dark sky: the Perseids hit their peak overnight, with bright fireballs likely even under a bright ...

The Perseids peak this week with up to 25 meteors an hour, but moonlight and other celestial events could dim the dazzling summer display.

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 ...

Due to launch in the early 2030s, NASA’s DAVINCI mission will investigate whether Venus — a sweltering world wrapped in an atmosphere of noxious gases — once had oceans and ...

NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft provided a seemingly peaceful image of Venus as it sped away after a flyby. The planet, wrapped in a thick, global cloud layer, appeared calm, but its tranquil facade ...

NASA has recently made special use of its communication system, called the Deep Space Network, by sending the lyrics of Missy Elliot’s song The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) to Venus.

NASA’s not content to fly around the earth, or between our little blue rock and other planets. It wants to fly around on Venus—and to come back with some goodies. At least one local NASA engineer ...