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,

Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars will appear to line up and be bright enough to see with the naked eye in the first few hours after dark. This weekend, Venus and Saturn get especially cozy.

In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to go out and watch a close pairing of two naked-eye planets: Venus and Saturn. The two will be in the southwestern evening sky, and will be closest during the week of January 19.

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.

Earth ejecta, for instance, could hold Earth life.

“Saturday evening, January 18: Venus and Saturn will appear nearest to each other. As evening twilight ends at 6:15 p.m. EST, Venus will be 30 degrees above the southwestern horizon with Saturn 2.2 degrees to the lower left. Saturn will set first on the western horizon almost 3 hours later at 9:04 p.m.”

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.”

One of the many advantages of being in space is having a front-row seat to the most anticipated cosmic events.

Four planets — Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars — will be visible in the night sky. That doesn't happen often, according to NASA. Venus and Saturn additionally will be exceptionally close to ...

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.

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