Catch Venus shining bright in the night sky this weekend.

Venus will be shining brightly and at its highest point in the sky on June 4th, providing a celestial spectacle visible at sunset. Mars will also be visible nearby as a reddish point of light. NASA has two unmanned missions planned within the decade to explore Venus and learn more about the planet's mysterious and extreme environment, including the DAVINCI mission which will drop a probe to the surface to gather data and take up-close images. These will be the first missions to Venus in almost thirty years.