#eng - Marble statue of Aphrodite, Roman, Imperial period, 1st or 2nd century A.D. Copy of Greek statue of the 3rd or 2nd century B.C., #ita - statua di marmo rappresentante Venere, II - I sec.a.C., copia romana di un originale greco.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
🦁🐍 March 29th is one of the ancient festivals of #Ishtar/#Inanna, goddess of fertility, love, war and righteous vengeance. She rules the planet #Venus. She is often accompanied by lions and serpents. You want her on your side 4SURE! 🦁🐍
Thanks to a poorly chosen font and some good natured fun, the The International Astronomical Union has officially named Venus' quasi-moon 2002VE as 'Zoozve'.
Conjunction of a crescent moon and the planet Venus on a lightly overcast night on 12/28/2019 as seen through the second floor window of an officer's quarter's ruin at Fort Churchill, Nevada State Park. (This shot is as it was, however, it is a focus stack of two images.)
#PPOD: Venus's surface as seen by Venera-14, a Soviet space mission launched in 1981. The lander touched down on 5 March 1982 and survived about an hour on the surface, nearly double the planned life. With a temperature of 465 °C and a pressure 94 times as strong as that of Earth, our "twin" planet is not at all hospitable to humans or machines. Credit: Roscosmos; Image processing: Ted Stryk
New study suggests some forms of life could exist in Venus's sulfuric acid clouds.
Phys.org reports: "Prior research has suggested that if there is any kind of life form living on Venus, it would likely not be on the surface (it is far too hot) but in the clouds, where temperatures are closer to those found on Earth."
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#Éphémérides astronomiques pour janvier 2024 : la planète #Jupiter reste toujours visible le soir. Le 18 elle sera en conjonction assez serrée avec la Lune (voir image). Depuis la France métropolitaine les deux astres seront à seulement 2° l'un de l'autre. #Saturne commence à être vraiment basse sur l'horizon et n'est plus aussi bien observable. Le matin se sera #Vénus qui sera bien visible.