Venus, the second planet from the sun and the sixth largest in our solar system, is due for its next inferior conjunction overnight between Saturday and Sunday. For stargazers in the Northern ...

Our planet's closest and brightest neighbor will pass approximately between the Earth and sun this week, in what's called an ...

This colorful image of the Helix nebula may mirror what someday could become of our sun and our home planet. Released on ...

If that weren't intimidating enough, the second planet from the sun also has clouds of sulfuric acid. Despite these extreme ...

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four rocky planets orbiting Barnard’s Star, our nearest solitary stellar neighbor ...

The planets are all too hot for life as we know it, but astronomers haven’t given up searching for more planets in Barnard's ...

Above Venus, the second-brightest planet should be Jupiter and then high ... The planets closest and furthest from the sun may either only be seen in a fleeting glimpse or will absolutely require ...

Saturn may be faint and lost in the glow of sunset Friday, but that is also the best time to spot the second ... sun, for ...

Venus is the second planet from the Sun. · It is similar in structure and size to Earth, yet its thick atmosphere makes it the hottest planet in the solar system and possibly one of the most ...

In reality, Venus, the second planet from the Sun, and Saturn, the sixth, will be nearly a billion miles apart. Miriam Fauzia is a science reporting fellow at The Dallas Morning News. Her ...

The fog is inevitable, so don’t be surprised if you suddenly second-guess everything ... world around us when the sun journeys through this Water sign. Neptune, the planet of dreams, illusions ...