By Girish Linganna In a bid to explore the brightest planet in the solar system, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced project Venus, scheduled for launch by December 2024. After the success of the famed Mangalyaan, ISRO is now on a quick mission to Venus- to gather new and unique additional knowledge of … Read more
April is unbelievably hot and the sweltering heatwave is making life miserable for people but for sky-gazers, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Latest planetary analysis shows that Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are going to form one straight line this month. And the best part, you can see this with naked eyes from Earth. A … Read more
The pre-dawn sky in the first week of April 2022 will be graced by the assembly of four planets, all visible before sunrise in the east-southeast sky of the United States. The planetary parade will give astronomers and stargazers multiple chances to spot three of the brightest planets, Venus, Mars, and Saturn. It is a … Read more
Planetary conjunction takes place when two planets appear to have come closer, while in reality they remain far away. (Picture courtesy: IE via Indian Institute of Astrophysics) Earth’s two immediate neighbours Mars and Venus will come closest to each other next week. The celestial event is called planetary conjunction. The event will be easily visible … Read more
Venus is similar to Earth in size as well as composition. (Image: ESA/Paris Observatory/VR2 Planets) Space mission to Venus: A few days after US space agency NASA announced that it had selected two missions to Venus, now the European Space Agency (ESA) has said that EnVision would be its next mission to head to Venus … Read more
Venus is called Earth’s twin because both the planets are similar in size, but they have quite a few differences. Venus: The nearest neighbour of the Earth is Venus, and just like Mars, it has also been a subject of fascination among scientists and astronomers. Now, the US space agency NASA has selected two missions … Read more
The dark feature prominently seen in the center of the image is called Aphrodite Terra, which is the largest highland region on the surface of Venus. Image: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Naval Research Laboratory/Guillermo Stenborg and Brendan Gallagher NASA’s Parker Solar Probe catches new images of Venus! While studying the dynamics of the sun, the National Aeronautics … Read more