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23 hours ago · Venus is a primary feature of the night sky, and so has been of remarkable importance in mythology, astrology and fiction throughout history and in different cultures. The English name of Venus was originally the ancient Roman name for it.
- Life on Venus
The possibility of life on Venus is a subject of interest in...
- Venus (Mythology)
Venus (/ ˈ v iː n ə s /) is a Roman goddess, whose functions...
- Mercury
Mercury is the first planet from the Sun and the smallest in...
- Venera 10
Venera 10 (Russian: Венера-10 meaning Venus 10), or 4V-1 No....
- Transit of Venus
A transit of Venus takes place when Venus passes directly...
- List of Missions to Venus
Global topographic map of Venus, with all probe landings...
- Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only...
- Life on Venus
23 hours ago · Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus ( / daɪ.əˈnaɪsəs /; Ancient Greek: Διόνυσος Dionysos) is the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre.
1 day ago · Birth of Venus. Sandro Botticelli (Firenze 1445 – 1510) Crouching Venus . Roman art . The Newsletter of the Uffizi Galleries. Subscribe to keep up to date! Notices.
1 day ago · Hephaestus (UK: / h ɪ ˈ f iː s t ə s / hif-EE-stəs, US: / h ɪ ˈ f ɛ s t ə s / hif-EST-əs; eight spellings; Greek: Ἥφαιστος, translit. Hḗphaistos) is the Greek god of artisans, blacksmiths, carpenters, craftsmen, fire, metallurgy, metalworking, sculpture and volcanoes.
Depicts the goddess Venus, having emerged from the sea as a fully grown woman, arriving at the sea-shore. The seashell she stands on was a symbol in classical antiquity for a woman's vulva. Thought to be based in part on the Venus de' Medici , an ancient Greek marble sculpture of Aphrodite.
23 hours ago · Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Astarte ( / əˈstɑːrtiː /; Ἀστάρτη, Astartē) is the Hellenized form of the Ancient Near Eastern goddess ʿAṯtart. ʿAṯtart was the Northwest Semitic equivalent of the East Semitic goddess Ishtar.
1 day ago · Venus. Altitude: 38.0° Azimuth: 251.2° Direction: West-South-West. Venus is the the second planet of the Solar System in order of distance from the Sun, being located 0.72 astronomical units from it in the inner solar system. It has a similar size and composition to Earth, with a diameter of 12,104 kilometers and a mass of 4.87 x 10^24 kilograms.
