Since I’m a meteorologist, not an astronomer, some of the night sky happenings aren’t always at the tip of my knowledge base.

On Tuesday, the Venus Jupiter conjunction will see the two brightest planets in the night sky appear side by side, creating a ...

The Perseids will peak overnight, followed by bright Jupiter and Venus at their closest on the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 12.

Embargoed until Wednesday 9 July 2025 at 16:00 BST The answer to whether tiny bacterial lifeforms really do exist in the clouds of Venus could be revealed once-and-for-all by a UK-backed mission.

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adr0006 Punishing conditions in the clouds of Venus could be home to a DNA-like molecule capable of forming genes in life very different to that on Earth, according to a new study.

For millennia, Venus has graced our skies as the brilliant "Morning Star" or "Evening Star," its dazzling presence inspiring ...

On the surface (you're welcome for the joke), Venus is not even close to being hospitable to life. But that's not the end of the story. This planet has by far the hottest surface temperatures in the ...

Astronomers have found a potential sign of life high in the atmosphere of neighboring Venus: hints there may be bizarre microbes living in the sulfuric acid-laden clouds of the hothouse planet ...