Mercury, which orbits the sun every 88 days, reaches its highest altitude in the evening sky on March 8. Although Mercury has been rising as Venus sinks, both will now disappear from the evening sky.

To get into position, the spacecraft performed two flybys of Venus ... Mercury is particularly striking, showing most of the planet’s face illuminated by the sun. Visible in this image is ...

"The glare from the sun makes it really, really difficult to see," said Michelle Nichols with Chicago's Adler Planetarium. Since Venus and Mercury are "inferior" planets compared with the Earth ...

This is an image of Mercury's tail obtained from combining a full day of data from a camera aboard the STEREO-A spacecraft. The reflected sunlight off the planet's surface results in a type of ...

This image provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech shows Venus taken from NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP) NEW YORK (AP) — Venus will pass between the Earth and sun on Saturday ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Venus will pass between the Earth and sun on Saturday during what’s called an inferior conjunction. But don’t plan on seeing the linkup. The sight is extremely difficult to spot ...

It could be two planets, or a planet and the sun. An inferior conjunction of Venus happens when the planet swings between the sun and Earth. Such an alignment happens about every 19 months because ...

NEW YORK — Venus will pass between the Earth and sun on Saturday during what's called an inferior conjunction. But don't plan on seeing the linkup. The sight is extremely difficult to spot ...

This image provided by NASA/Firefly Aerospace, Tuesday, March 18, 2025, shows the sun setting on the moon, with Earth and Venus in the distance. (NASA/Firefly Aerospace via AP) NEW YORK (AP ...

Venus Passes Between the Earth and Sun This Weekend -- but Don't Try to Look for It NEW YORK (AP) — Venus will pass between the Earth and sun on Saturday during what's called an inferior ...