#PPOD: Astronaut Scott Kelly posted this photo, taken from the International Space Station during his year-long space mission, to social media on July 19, 2015, with the caption, "Day 114. #Moon #Venus #Jupiter...#Earth". Credit: NASA/Scott Kelly

Mars is played out. Can we do more Venus, please?

APOD from 2007-11-08

VERITAS and #Venus

Early risers recently saw Venus and the Moon shine before dawn. In Larry Ciupik's self-portrait, the overexposed Moon is near Venus, with the ISS and Discovery also visible. VERITAS, a gamma-ray observatory in Arizona, appears in silhouette.

HD image at https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap071108.html

Didn’t bring the telescope on the trip. Was able to see #Venus on my morning walk. #space #astronomy #amateur

If you're up before the sun tomorrow you can see Orion in the Eastern sky along with the planets Jupiter and Venus.

There's a ton of early morning stargazing in August, so get ready for more regular posts from me about that.

APOD from 2025-07-23

Fireball over Cape San Blas

A fireball, a very bright #meteor as luminous as #Venus or more, is a rare sight. It's a small rock from an #asteroid or #comet that often leaves a gas and dust trail in the atmosphere. Most disintegrate before hitting the ground, like the one recently photographed in Florida.

HD image at https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250723.html#space #astronomy #moon #earth

The #myth of #Venus / #Aphrodite says she was born from sea foam & Uranus' genitals. The myth says is that she emerged from the sea fully-grown (that's so you don't ask questions like, how?!)

One of the most famous depictions of Venus's birth has her standing on a giant #scallop #shell. The shell is not really germane to the #myth -- but maybe it still counts for #MythologyMonday?

:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_Venus

#GreekMythology #mythology #Myths #GrecoRomanMythology @mythology #Art #MastoArt

05.00: De #Maan staat 6,2gr N van #Venus (-4,0m), i/h #sterrenbeeld #Stier. De dichtste nadering gebeurt om 21:32, onder de horizon en bij daglicht. Bekijk de samenstand rond 5 uur, of op 22 jul rond 4 uur. Het tweetal staat i/h eerste geval i/h oosten, circa 22gr boven de horizon, op een onderlinge afstand van 10,2gr. In het tweede geval sta/d twee hemellichamen i/h oostnoordoosten, op zo'n 10gr boven de horizon, zo'n 7,9gr van elkaa... Meer info: https://hemel.waarnemen.com/astrokal/

In honor of international moon day here is a fun video of a 2022 song "Happy Birthday Moon"

Just remember if you keep your enemies close, keep the sun closer.

#Venus

via the-wolf-and-moon

Despite being called Earth's "twin" planet, Venus is considered Earth's "inferior" planet!

I won't stand for this slander! Venus is just as valid as Earth, even if it has a smaller orbit around the sun

Venusian Gravity Currents

Radar measurements of Venus‘s surface reveal the remains of many volcanic eruptions. One type of feature, known as a pancake dome, has a very flat top and steep sides; one dome, Narina Tholus, is over 140 kilometers wide. Since their discovery, scientists have been puzzling out how such domes could form. A recent study suggests that the Venusian surface’s elasticity plays a role.

According to current models, the pancake domes are gravity currents (like a cold draft under your door, an avalanche, or the Boston Molasses Flood), albeit ones so viscous that they may require hundreds of thousands of Earth-years to settle. Researchers found that their simulated pancake domes best matched measurements from Venus when the lava was about 2.5 times denser than water and flowed over a flexible crust.

We might have more data to support (or refute) the study’s conclusions soon, but only if NASA’s VERITAS mission to Venus is not cancelled. (Image credit: NASA; research credit: M. Borelli et al.; via Gizmodo)

Last images of the morning are blurry pictures of #Venus and #Saturn. #unistellar #odysseypro #space #astronomy #amateur

Read the news from JPL in a whole new way: "Eyes on the News" (Beta Preview)

Interested in the latest from Mars, Venus, or Jupiter? Click on the blue diamond next to them!

https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/news/#/home

Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday

"Pasiphaë, daughter of Sol and wife of Minos, for several years did not make offerings to the goddess #Venus. Because of this Venus inspired in her an unnatural love for a bull."
Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 40

Campana plaque, 50 BCE - 50 CE

@antiquidons @mythology
#DayOfAphrodite #GreekRomanArt #mythology #Aphrodite