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Six planets will be visible in the night sky this June: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Neptune and Jupiter. Mercury will be visible west of the sunset until July 6. Venus, Mars, Saturn and Neptune will ...

Evidence of volcanic activity on Venus has been confirmed for the first time. An empty lava tube beneath the planet’s surface ...

Our solar system contains three types of planets. Between the four terrestrial planets–Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars–and the distant ice giants of Neptune and Uranus, sit two gas giants: Saturn and ...

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Venus, Jupiter and Saturn are easy to see in the night sky, but few skywatchers have ticked Mercury off their planetary bucket list. That may change on Tuesday, Nov. 25, when early risers (or late ...

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But unlike Jupiter, Venus does have phases, going from not illuminated at all (when it is between the Earth and the Sun) to ...