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The Three Transits Of Venus 2012
Jan 14, 2013 (SPX)
Many people around the world were thrilled to see a transit of Venus in June (June 5 in the United States and June 6 in Asia, on the other side of the Internati...
A New State of Venus's Atmosphere
Dec 27, 2012 (ESA)
Observations from NASA's Pioneer Venus orbiter, which reached Venus in 1978, suggested that Venus's ionosphere had two states: a magnetized state with a large- ...
Saturn's Transit of Venus on Dec. 21, 2012
Dec 21, 2012 (SPX)
Last June, astronomers urged sky watchers to observe the transit of Venus. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity, they said. The black disk of the second plan...
An elusive effect measured during the last Venus transit
Dec 17, 2012 (SPX)
A team of Italian astronomers performed a very difficult measurement for which it was necessary to use the most advanced instrumentation in combination with an ...
A new episode of active volcanism on Venus?
Dec 04, 2012 (ESA)
For decades, planetary scientists have debated whether Venus possesses active volcanoes. The latest twist to the tale is provided by data sent back from ESA's V...
Venus Caught Transiting The Sun
Oct 18, 2012 (SPX)
The very rare astronomical event of Venus, the nearest planet to Earth, passing in front of the solar disk on June 5th and 6th, 2012, was captured by an interna...
A curious cold layer in the atmosphere of Venus
Oct 04, 2012 (ESA)
Venus Express has spied a surprisingly cold region high in the planet's atmosphere that may be frigid enough for carbon dioxide to freeze out as ice or snow. Th...
Venus atmosphere said curiously cold
Oct 01, 2012 (UPI)
A European spacecraft has discovered a surprisingly cold region high in the atmosphere of Venus, usually thought of as blisteringly hot, astronomers said. The V...
Rare transit of Venus draws sky-gazers worldwide
Jun 06, 2012 (AFP)
Sky-gazers around the world held up their telescopes and viewing glasses Wednesday to watch Venus slide across the sun -- a rare celestial phenomenon that will ...
ESA missions gear up for transit of Venus
Jun 05, 2012 (ESA)
ESA's Venus Express and Proba-2 space missions, along with the international SOHO, Hinode, and Hubble spacecraft, are preparing to monitor Venus and the Sun dur...
RHESSI Will Use Venus Transit to Improve Measurements of the Sun's Diameter
Jun 05, 2012 (SPX)
The RHESSI (Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager) satellite focuses on the highest energy x-rays and gamma-rays produced by the sun, helping to observe...
The Mysterious Arc of Venus
Jun 05, 2012 (SPX)
When Venus transits the sun on June 5th and 6th, an armada of spacecraft and ground-based telescopes will be on the lookout for something elusive and, until rec...
James Cook and the Transit of Venus
Jun 04, 2012 (SPX)
Every ~120 years a dark spot glides across the Sun. Small, inky-black, almost perfectly circular, it's no ordinary sunspot. Not everyone can see it, but some wh...
Venus, a Planetary Portrait of Inner Beauty
Jun 04, 2012 (JPL)
A Venus transit across the face of the sun is a relatively rare event - occurring in pairs with more than a century separating each pair. There have been all of...
The 2012 Transit of Venus
Jun 04, 2012 (SPX)
On June 5th, 2012, Venus will pass across the face of the sun, producing a silhouette that no one alive today will likely see again. Transits of Venus are very ...
Venus, the planet of broken dreams
Jun 03, 2012 (AFP)
When Venus next week eclipses Earth, an event that will not occur again for more than a century, millions of skygazers may have romantic thoughts about our clos...
Astronomers seize last chance in lifetime for Venus Transit
May 26, 2012 (AFP)
Astronomers are gearing for one the rarest events in the Solar System: an alignment of Earth, Venus and the Sun that will not be seen for another 105 years. The...
Get ready for the transit of Venus!
May 25, 2012 (ESA)
Scientists and amateur astronomers around the world are preparing to observe the rare occurrence of Venus crossing the face of the Sun on 5-6 June, an event tha...
Extremely Rare Transit of Venus to Occur on June 5, 2012
May 24, 2012 (SPX)
A few hours before sunset on June 5th, 2012 residents of the Washington, DC metropolitan area will have a chance to witness one of the rarest celestial phenomen...
Venus Express unearths new clues to the planet's geological history
May 22, 2012 (ESA)
ESA's Venus Express has been used to study the geology in a region near Venus' equator. Using near-infrared observations collected by the Venus Monitoring Camer...
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