Top 10 facts about Venus On April 8, 1820, the ancient Greek statue known as the Venus de Milo was discovered on the Greek island of Milos in the Aegean Sea.

It is the only planet to be named after a female figure. 10. Wind speed at Venus can reach a blistering 725 km per hour This is faster than the speediest tornado on Earth, according to scientists.

Shrouded in mystery Since Venus is covered in clouds, astronomers had no idea what the planet looked like until about 30 years ago. In 1990 NASA’s unmanned Magellan spacecraft became the first ...

Venus is undoubtedly one of the weirdest planets in the solar system. Venus, the second planet from the sun and Earth's nearest planetary neighbor is an oddity in many ways. It is the sixth ...

Since Venus is covered in clouds, astronomers had no idea what the planet looked like until about 30 years ago. In 1990 NASA’s unmanned Magellan spacecraft became the first mission to orbit the ...

A special Venus event will also occur tonight (July 10): Earth's "sister planet" will be at its most luminous, blazing brightly in the western sky. [The 10 Weirdest Facts About Venus] You may like ...

Watch the video below to learn 100 fascinating facts about Venus, and check out other things you might want to know about Earth, the Sun, the Moon, and our solar system.

With Venus enjoying its 15 minutes of fame (or more accurately, about six hours and 50 minutes), here are five fun facts about our planetary next-door neighbor. 1. It's often mistaken for a UFO ...

A day on Venus lasts 243 Earth days (that's how long it takes Venus to make one rotation), while a year on Venus (its revolution period around the sun) is shorter, at just 224.7 Earth days.

With Venus enjoying its 15 minutes of fame (or more accurately, about six hours and 50 minutes), here are five fun facts about our planetary next-door neighbor. 1. It's often mistaken for a UFO ...