A transit is nothing less than an eclipse of the sun by an inferior planet, that is, the passage of either Venus or Mercury directly between the earth and the sun, so that their disks partially ...

Venus and Saturn will be just above the Moon before sunrise Friday, but won't match the perfect smiling face look in social ...

The rare triple conjunction will see the crescent Moon meet Venus and Saturn in the night sky in a triangular formation, ...

In our schedule, remember that when measuring the angular separation between ... Venus appears fully illuminated (or nearly so), it's positioned on the far side of the sun as seen from Earth ...

It was thought that a direct collision would have been too much, breaking the Earth and Theia apart, creating an asteroid belt between Venus and Mars ... Earth around the Sun, an agreement ...

Stargazers will be treated to a rare sight this week as Venus, Saturn and the Moon align to create a “smiley face” formation ...

A rare 'smiley face' triple conjunction is coming to Earth's morning skies on April 25, when Venus, Saturn and the crescent ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun ... passes 2° south of Venus at 9 P.M. EDT, and then moves to pass 2° north of Saturn at ...

In January, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn could all be seen with ... just two weeks before a spectacular partial solar eclipse, when the Moon moved between the Sun and Earth and appeared to take a ...

It consists of a carbon composite foam sandwiched between two carbon plates ... gravitational forces of the earth and Venus to slowly spiral closer to the sun’s surface, in the process spending ...