Venus
# venus - Wednesday 6 June, 2012
VIDEO: Venus passes in front of the sun for the last time before 2117
The ‘Transit of Venus’ occurs in pairs, and won’t be seen again this century – but NASA, thankfully, took this video.
# venus - Tuesday 5 June, 2012
Astronomers gear up for rare Venus Transit solar event
Next time Venus can be seen travelling across the face of the Sun will be in 2117.
# venus - Sunday 3 June, 2012
Extraordinary Photo of Venus Crossing the Sun of the Day
The transit of the planet Venus across the face of the sun is an almost once in a lifetime event that was captured back in 2004 and will be visible again this coming week.
# venus - Monday 26 March, 2012
Bright stars: What to see in the sky tonight
Jupiter, Venus and a thin slice of crescent moon to be highly visible at 8.30pm.
# venus - Wednesday 14 March, 2012
Russia plans to send man to the Moon
As part of a newly unveiled 18-year plan, Russia will send probes to Mars, Jupiter and Venus and a human team to the surface of the Moon.
# venus - Monday 12 March, 2012
‘Double Planet’ in the skies tonight, as Venus and Jupiter blaze together
The brightest and second-brightest planets in the sky will come extremely close to one other tonight – and it will all be visible with the naked eye.
# venus - Thursday 8 March, 2012
Northern Lights might be visible over Ireland tonight
There may be lots of activity in the skies tonight, thanks to solar flare activity – here’s your guide on what to look out for.
# venus - Tuesday 28 February, 2012
Planets to align over Ireland after sunset tonight
Keep an eye on the skies tonight as Venus, Jupiter and Mercury are set to align with the moon this evening.
# venus - Saturday 4 February, 2012
The Daily Fix: Saturday
Your evening round-up of the day’s biggest news stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…
Jupiter and Venus on view for Irish astronomers
Meanwhile, NASA has released its first footage of the far side of the Moon…
# venus - Tuesday 10 January, 2012
Venus Williams pulls out of Australian Open
Venus Williams says that she hopes to return to competitive action next month after announcing her withdrawal from the season’s first Grand Slam.
# venus - Thursday 22 December, 2011
Newly-discovered ‘roasted’ planets may provide clues about Earth’s future demise
The two Earth-sized planets were discovered by a NASA team in the Kepler-20 star system.
# venus - Sunday 13 November, 2011
The Top 7 Silvio moments
The man who made bunga bunga famous – and six other memorable moments from Berlusconi’s career.
# venus - Friday 19 November, 2010
Penis envy? Berlusconi slammed for replacing statue body parts
What is it about the male appendage that keeps getting the Italian PM in such hot water?




























