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Messenger No. 16 published

The 2025 February issue of Messenger (No. 16), the newsletter of the Mercury and Venus Section is now published online

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‘Messenger’ No. 15 published

The August 2024 issue of Messenger (No. 15), the newsletter of the Mercury and Venus Section, is now published online

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Wesley and Miles image of Venus 15 Sept 24 for Messenger 14

‘Messenger’ No. 14 published

The March 2024 issue of Messenger (No. 14), the newsletter of the Mercury and Venus section, is now published online

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Occultation of Venus by the Moon on Thursday 9th November

On Thursday 9th November the Moon will pass in front of the planet Venus and for a short time the

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Astronaut Scott Kelly posted this photo taken from the International Space Station to Twitter on July 19, 2015 with the caption, "Day 114. #Moon #Venus #Jupiter...#Earth Good night from @space_station! #YearInSpace". Credit Scott Kelly/NASA

Venus and Jupiter Conjunction – 1-2 March 2023

Over the past week, you might have noticed two brilliant objects getting close together in the west not long after

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Smartphone capture of Mercury (top) and Venus (bottom) in the Boxing Day evening sky by Pete Lawrence

‘Messenger’ No. 11 Published

The January issue (No. 11) of the Mercury and Venus section newsletter is available online for members to download. The

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The sodium tail of Mercury, imaged by Nick James.

‘Messenger’ No. 10 published

The June issue (No. 10) of Messenger, the Mercury and Venus section newsletter is available online for members to download.

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‘Messenger’ No. 8 and No. 9 published

The eighth and ninth issues of Messenger, the Mercury & Venus newsletter, are now online. Issue No. 8 (October 2021)

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Contact the Mercury and Venus Section

Please use the form below to contact the Section Director. If you wish to submit your observations to the section,

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BepiColombo Reaches Mercury

BepiColombo was launched on 2018 October 20 and the mission is specifically designed to study the planet Mercury and its

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