Venus

Growing up in the Bronx during the 1960s and '70s, one of my mentors in astronomy was Dr. Kenneth L. Franklin, Chairman and chief scientist at New York's Hayden Planetarium, who wrote about celestial events for the World Almanac and The…

Jane Campion has apologised to Serena and Venus Williams after making a “thoughtless comment” about the athletes at the Critics Choice Awards.The Australian filmmaker accepted the award for Best Director for The Power of the Dog during…

Jane Campion is apologizing for a controversial comment she made about Serena and Venus Williams while accepting the best director prize at the 2022 Critics Choice Awards. The filmmaker said in a statement, “I made a thoughtless…

Venus has been called "Earth's evil sister" and many have suggested we terraform the fiery planet into our new home but there is still a lot we do not know about it. This is because only one dedicated spacecraft is currently studying…

The story was about how Serena Williams raised $111 million for a new venture fund, "Serena Ventures." The incorrect photo did not appear in the online version of the story."No matter how far we come, we get reminded that it's not…

John Goss Special to The Roanoke Times Over the past four years — almost 49 months straight! — we have enjoyed bright planets in our early evening sky. Tonight we find only Jupiter, as it sinks…

Monday, January 31 Main-belt asteroid 44 Nysa is currently crossing the 45'-wide open star cluster NGC 1647 in Taurus. You’ll find this stunning sight just 3.5° northeast of Aldebaran, the bright red 1st-magnitude eye of the Bull.…

Protoplanetary disc. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada Astronomers have managed to link the properties of the inner planets of our solar system with our cosmic history: with the emergence of ring structures in the swirling disk of gas and dust in…

During a close flyby of the planet Venus in July 2020, NASA's Parker Solar Probe detected something odd.As it dipped just 833 kilometers (517 miles) above the Venusian surface, the probe's instruments recorded a low-frequency radio…

Despite being right next door, Venus is somewhat of a mysterious neighbor and much of its complex evolution and harsh atmospheric makeup are still being revealed via targeted NASA probes and international spacecraft. However,…