The orbit Venus takes around the sun results in an inferior conjunction as it transitions from appearing in the evening sky ...

"As the large and bright discs are the easiest to observe, our previous view of the birth site of planets was biased." ...

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

Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...

Venus will pass between the Earth and the Sun on Saturday in a rare event called an inferior conjunction, though it will be ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Venus will pass between the Earth and sun on Saturday during what’s called an inferior conjunction. But don’t ...

Surveyor is a $1.4-billion infrared telescope with a single mission: to hunt asteroids and comets that could pose a danger to ...

The first day of spring, or the vernal equinox, is determined by where the Earth is in its orbit around the sun. On this day, the Earth's axis is not tilted toward or away from the sun ...

Astronomers have long suspected that there was at least one exoplanet orbiting Barnard's Star — a red dwarf with a mass ...

The orbit Venus takes around the sun periodically results in ... Between Saturday night and Sunday morning, Venus will pass between the Earth and sun during its inferior conjunction.

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 ...