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Planets Jupiter, Venus, Mars, Saturn and the Moon shine above Rome at dawn, while the Tianhe-1 Chinese space station crosses the sky on April 27, 2022.

5 planets are lining up in the night sky this month

By Stephanie Pappas published

The five visible planets in the solar system will be lined up across the predawn sky this month. Here's how to watch.

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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this sequence of the 2012 transit of Venus from space.

Venus crossed the sun's face 10 years ago. Most people alive will never see the sight again.

By Tom Kerss published

On the 10th anniversary of the last transit of Venus, find out what makes these events so special and what else to look out for during the long wait for the next one.

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Venus - Computer Simulated Global View Centered at 90 Degrees East Longitude. September 23, 1996. NASA & JPL.

Venus: Facts about the hellish planet next door

By Adam Mann published

Reference Venus is Earth's next-door neighbor and could be Earth's twin, if not for the sulfuric acid clouds and hellish surface temperatures.

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These star trails are from the Eta Aquarids meteor shower of 2020, as seen from Cordoba, Argentina, at its peak on May 6.

How to watch the Eta Aquarids meteor shower this weekend

By Elizabeth Howell published

The show originates from Halley's Comet and may generate as many as 30 shooting stars an hour.

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Venus (lower left) and Jupiter during a close conjunction over Rome on May 1, 2022.

Fuzzy 'halo' envelops Venus as it cozies up to Jupiter in photo of planetary conjunction

By Elizabeth Howell published

A thin cloud over the planets created a colorful 'corona' around Venus.

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From his balcony in Rome, Gianluca Masi captured this night-sky image of Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Saturn (plus the moon) lined up.

4 planets line up like ducks in a row in gorgeous night-sky image

By Stephanie Pappas published

The moon is leading a parade of four planets across the predawn sky this week.

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Planets Venus, Mars and Jupiter align over the Isle of Portland Dorset England in the U.K.

The planets are prepping for an epic alignment. Here's how to see it shape up.

By Stephanie Pappas published

The five naked-eye planets in the solar system will line up across the predawn sky this spring and summer. Here's how to watch.

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The original Venus from Willendorf. Left: lateral view. Right top: hemispherical cavities on the right haunch and leg. Right bottom: existing hole enlarged to form the navel.

Voluptuous 'Venus' of the Ice Age originated in Italy

By Mindy Weisberger published

The 30,000-year-old Venus of Willendorf figure is named for the site in Austria where it was discovered in 1908, but new analysis reveals that the stone came from northern Italy.

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NASA captured the images during the fourth flyby of the Parker Solar Probe.

NASA captures stunning, first of a kind images of Venus' surface

By Ben Turner published

The stunning images show scorching hot continents, plains and plateaus

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Astrophotographer Chris Schur captures this stunning photo of Comet Leonard on Dec. 4, 2021 from Payson, Arizona using a 10-inch Newtonian telescope and 60-minute camera exposure.

Comet Leonard may have spawned meteor shower on Venus

By Elizabeth Howell published

Comet Leonard may be sparking meteor showers at Venus this weekend during a relatively close approach of the comet to the planet.

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