The first private spacecraft mission to Venus will combat the planet's hellish conditions with the aid of a novel woven heat shield called "HEEET." Engineers at NASA's Ames Research Center in ...

While this weekend’s event isn’t much of a visual spectacle, scientists say it’s an opportunity to track how the planets shift in space. “Get a chance to get to know Venus,” said Nichols.

What drives us to send probes throughout the solar system and rovers and landers to Mars? It's not cheap, and it's not easy.

Venus could make a brief appearance this weekend as it passes between the Earth and the sun. Just be warned: It won't be easy to spot in the sun's glow, according to astronomers. The orbit Venus ...

With the Blue Ghost lunar mission coming to an end this week, the spacecraft has gifted scientists ... s surface as the sun goes down. Earth and Venus (further in the distance) are also shown ...

Another image from Blue Ghost shows darkness falling over the moon as Earth and Venus look on. (Image credit: Firefly Aerospace) Sunsets are much rarer on the moon than they are on Earth. Because ...

This image provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech shows Venus taken from NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP) NEW YORK (AP) — Venus will pass between the Earth and sun on Saturday ...

Sunset with Earth and Venus on the horizon, as seen by Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost spacecraft on the moon ... panels for just over two weeks. After landing on March 2, it operated on solar ...

While this weekend's event isn't much of a visual spectacle, scientists say it's an opportunity to track how the planets shift in space. “Get a chance to get to know Venus,” said Nichols.