Led by Rocket Lab of Long Beach, California, and their partners at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Rocket Lab's Venus mission will be the first private mission to the planet.

The two innermost planets, Venus and Mercury, will shine together low in the western sky at sunset on March 10. Here's how to get the best view before they disappear.

Seven planets are on display in the night sky at the end of February, but some will be harder to spot than others. Here’s what you need to know to catch a glimpse.

After Friday's spectacle, a "planet parade" of this size won't appear in the night sky for several years, experts say.

A private mission to Venus will collect atmospheric samples, aiming to study the planet’s clouds for signs of life.

Star would be the first private mission to another planet and the first in over 30 years to directly measure Venus’s clouds.

A company that's slated to launch the world's first-ever private mission to Venus is getting ready for the planet's super-hot temperatures with some help from NASA. The space agency boasted in a ...

"From developing small robots that could swim through the oceans of other worlds to growing space habitats from fungi, this program continues to change the possible."

"Clouds of Venus" chronicles the United States' early attempts to explore the planet Venus through the Mariner spacecraft missions. The film details the launch of Mariner 1 and its subsequent failure,

Five planets are visible to the naked eye, according to NASA: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Mars will appear reddish and high in the sky, near the Gemini constellation, Star Walk said.

But because Venus and Mercury orbit closer to the sun than Earth, with smaller, faster orbits, it's more rare for them to make an appearance, according to NASA. Venus is visible for only a few ...