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

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The orbit Venus takes around the sun periodically results in a phenomenon astronomers refer to as an inferior conjunction, which occurs when the planet transitions from appearing in the evening ...

Good news! You won't need any special equipment to catch Venus' rare and double sighting. It is, after all, the third brightest planet in the sky, next to the sun and moon. Still, it's important ...

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If true, it gives us new insight into the evolution of the planet." An artist's impression of Venus An artist's impression of Venus 3quarks/iStock / Getty Images Plus On Earth, convection occurs ...

It could be two planets ... that a Venus kiss because we're extremely close together,” said astronomer Geary Albright with James Madison University. Venus has phases just like the moon.