Venus could make a brief appearance this weekend as it passes between the Earth and the sun. Just be warned: It won't be easy to spot in the sun's glow, according to astronomers. The orbit Venus takes ...

Only two planets orbit closer to the sun than the Earth: Venus and Mercury. Since it takes Venus seven months and Mercury three months to complete one circuit around the sun, you would expect that, as ...

On June 5, just before 6:05 p.m., a rare alignment of the planet Venus with Earth and the sun will begin. The event, called a transit of Venus, occurs when Venus appears directly between our planet ...

In June 2012, Hinode probe (of JAXA and NASA), dedicated to the study of the Sun, observed the planet Venus transiting in front of our star. In the next decade, researchers will start probing the ...