Venus

Venus Transit at Victory Tower by Atish Aman, Chittaurgarh, India. Equipment: Carl Zeiss Victory Diascope 85mm, 1000mm focal length, Nikon D90 camera.

Gallery Transit of Venus

Podcast: Emily Drabek Maunder discusses the discovery of phosphine on Venus

Radio Astronomy Podcast Dr Emily Drabek-Maunder discusses phosphine on Venus

Venus’s northern hemisphere, as seen by NASA’s Magellan probe. Credit: NASA/JPL

Venus The search for life on the hellish planet

A view of Venus captured by JAXA's Akatsuki orbiter. © PLANET-C Project Team

Venus Astronomers discover evidence of microbial life in planet's clouds

Venus and a 14%-lit waning crescent Moon near M44 on the morning of 14 September. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Observing guide See Venus, Moon and Beehive Cluster, 11-15 September

The angle between Earth, Venus and the Sun is 90˚ at greatest western elongation. Credit: Pete Lawrence

See Venus at greatest western elongation

The current Venus rover design with wheels and an exterior turbine. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Venus Could we ever land a rover on the hellish planet?

Venus in the Pleiades

Astrophotography

Photographing the ring of Venus

How to see and photograph the lunar occultation of Venus. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Lunar occultation of Venus, 19 June: how to see and photograph it

A view of Venus captured by JAXA's Akatsuki orbiter. © PLANET-C Project Team

Radio Astronomy Podcast Venus special: farewell to the evening star

Venus is set to disappear from the evening sky towards the end of the month. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Venus Why the planet is soon to disappear from the evening sky

Venus appears near a crescent Moon. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Observing guide See Venus near a beautiful crescent Moon this weekend

A view out of the window with the shadow-casting Venus symbol attached to the glass. Venus’s light had to pass through tree branches on the way. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Capture a shadow cast by the planet Venus

A false-colour image of cloud tops captured by Venus Express from a distance of 30,000km on 8 December 2011. Credit: ESA/MPS/DLR/IDA

The green flash of Venus: what it is and how to see it

An image of Venus created using data from NASA's Magellan spacecraft and Pioneer Venus Orbiter. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Facts about the planet Venus