Written by Stargazers have been treated to seeing the planet Venus as it made an appearance next to the moon. The second rock from the sun could be seen on Friday night with the naked eye in areas with clear skies and low light pollution. Some were able to take incredible photographs of the morning star, so […]
Serena and Venus Williams’ father, Richard, once made a candid admission about his experiences with racism as a Black man in America. He revealed that he was no stranger to it and, on several occasions, came dangerously close to “being killed.” Richard grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana, before moving to Saginaw, Michigan, Long Beach, California, […]
This computer-generated 3D model of Venus’s surface shows the summit of Maat Mons, one of the places on the planet that might exhibit current volcanic activity. Volcanism and the gases it emits provides one of the pieces of the puzzle that is Venus’s ancient history. NASA / JPL-Caltech Three astronomers have poured cold water on […]
With a surface hot enough to melt lead and with clouds of sulphuric acid above it, it is a planet often called Earth’s “evil twin” – similar in size, yet worlds apart. Some scientists have long believed it was once much more hospitable, home to cooler temperatures and oceans of liquid water. But now researchers […]
No matter how many times you may have seen it, the crescent moon and the planet Venus make a beautiful pairing. This week, as twilight closes around the landscape, the duo will appear in the south-south-west. The chart shows the view looking from London at 16.30GMT on 5 December 2024. Venus will be an unmistakably […]
Tesserae are one of Venus’s many mysteries — we don’t know how they formed, or when. This radar image shows Alpha Regio; the bright area contains the jumbled terrain characteristic of tesserae. NASA / JPL Detailed mapping of one of the oldest terrains on Venus has revealed a giant impact structure of a type never […]
Asteroids that regularly fly between Earth, Venus and Mars could provide radiation shielding for human missions to explore neighbouring planets Source link