NASA Deep Atmosphere of Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging” (DAVINCI) will launch to Venus in 2029 and includes an atmospheric descent probe. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center James Tralie (ADNET): Lead Producer Lead Editor Giada Arney (NASA): Narrator Walt Feimer (KBRwyle): Animator Jonathan North (KBRwyle): Animator Michael Lentz (KBRwyle): Animator Krystofer Kim (KBRwyle): Animator James Garvin (NASA,

Planetary scientists simulated past events on Venus to determine why Venus and Earth are so different. They found geological and atmospheric processes transformed Venus into an extreme planet.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope reveal GJ 1214 b, a unique exoplanet with a dense carbon dioxide atmosphere, challenging typical planetary classifications and offering new insights into planetary formation and evolution.

G3 (ATLAS) should be visible from the southern hemisphere, and possibly also the northern hemisphere, over the next few days

On the evenings of Jan. 17 and 18, the planets will appear virtually side by side, in what's called a “planetary conjunction.”

The data used to create the image is from a Hubble Space Telescope project to capture and map Jupiter's superstorm system.

Scientists think it's possible that life cells from Earth could've been transferred to Venus, thanks to asteroid impacts over the last few billion years.

This is a NASA Hubble Space Telescope ultraviolet-light image of the planet Venus, taken on January 24 1995, when Venus was at a distance of 70.6 million miles 113.6 million kilometers from Earth. This images gave the first global view of what was below Venus’ thick clouds. NASA captured this image under Magellan mission.

Jupiter's Great Red Spot storm, which usually appears dark-red, can be seen shining a lurid blue color in an ultraviolet image of the planet.

Skywatchers can spot Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars in the night sky with the naked eye, but two other planets might need a telescope to be seen.

Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars will appear to line up and be bright enough to see without a telescope or binoculars — and with them, you can see Uranus and Neptune, too.