Artist's concept of a potentially habitable super-Earth orbiting a star called HD 20794. Illustration credit: Gabriel Pérez ...

The planet is about six times more massive than Earth and could be rocky, offering a unique opportunity to study a heavier ...

With an orbit of 647 days, HD 20794 d is similar to Mars in our solar system. However, its orbit around the star is highly ...

As it orbits its star, it moves close enough at one point to experience extreme heat, similar to Venus’s temperature. But at its farthest point, the planet is nearly twice the distance from Earth to ...

Artist's rendering of a potentially habitable super-Earth orbiting a star called HD 20794.Illustration credit: Gabriel Pérez Díaz, SMM (IAC) The ...

A superior conjunction occurs when Venus is the farthest from Earth, on the other side of the sun. Conversely, astronomers ...

Our planet's closest and brightest neighbor will pass approximately between the Earth and sun this week, in what's called an ...

The orbit Venus takes around the sun results in an inferior conjunction as it transitions from appearing in the evening sky to the morning sky.

Venus will pass between the Earth and sun during what’s called an inferior conjunction. But don’t plan on seeing the linkup.

Trace that line of sight higher to find Venus, the most brilliant planet in the sky. “Venus, you cannot miss,” said Thomas Willmitch, director of the planetarium at Illinois State University.