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C all it a cosmic coincidence or a Valentine's Day gift from the heavens. Astronomers say the planet Venus — named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty — will shine its brightest in 2025 ...

Venus is similar in size and structure to our planet but has dense toxic gasses as well as surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead. Exceptionally bright : From Earth, Venus is the brightest ...

Call it a cosmic coincidence or a Valentine's Day gift from the heavens. Astronomers say the planet Venus — named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty — will shine its brightest in 2025 ...

January's long, dark nights always make for special stargazing, but this year our skies are hosting a parade of planets, headlined by Venus, which will shine extraordinarily bright this weekend.

Between March 18 and 21, Venus, the brightest planet in our solar system, will have a rare dual visibility — visible in both the morning and evening skies for a few days in the northern hemisphere.

Then, following the bright moon and Venus, six planets will align in the evening sky this month, the report said, and will include Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune and Mercury.

Through a telescope, Venus becomes larger as it comes closer to Earth in its orbit. It also becomes a slimmer crescent. Nonetheless, this is when the planet is at its brightest in our skies.

So, paradoxically, Venus will appear brightest when it’s just 27 percent illuminated, per Live Science. That’s because it will be closer to Earth, making it look larger in the sky.

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