Tag: Venus
Why are these images of Venus extraordinary?
Soviet Russia’s Venera probes gave us images of the surface of Venus decades ago by landing on it. But for the first time, visible images of this surface have been…
Venus reaches its maximum brightness
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Pockets of life in the atmosphere of Venus?
Despite its inhospitable appearance, Venus could be capable of harboring life, especially in its atmosphere: unexplained chemical anomalies are detected there, including the possible presence of ammonia. MIT researchers are…
How long does it take to reach each planet in the Solar System from Earth?
We are 41 million kilometers from Venus, 78 million kilometers from Mars and 4.3 billion kilometers from Neptune. How long did the different space probes take to reach the different…
Mercury in reconciliation with Venus
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A comet is visible near Venus this evening!
Comet Leonard, the brightest of the year, passed as close as possible to Venus yesterday. This evening again, we can observe it during the twilight below that which the Greeks…
The Moon in reconciliation with Venus
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