Venus, the second planet from the Sun, has a thick, opaque atmosphere, preventing optical-based telescopes and orbiting space ...

Venus spins at a much slower rate than Earth. One complete rotation of Venus takes 243 Earth days. Imagine a school day that long… To make things stranger, a year on Venus lasts only 225 Earth days.

A quick guide to Venus, which is so bright, it can be seen from Earth without having to use a telescope. It is an extremely hot planet and, because of its high temperature, has no surface water.