THE EARTH IS A STAR

The earth is a star. Only in my eyes, I suppose. From Venus, everything looks like a star. 

The stars, real ones and the ones I made up, dance for the sun and moon. The sun requests the purest aura. But the moon beckons a much more complex ambience. 

I feel more like myself when the moon hosts the star lit sky. Maybe I just have too much time to think. 

I am the only inhabitant of Venus. I barely recognize the sound of my voice when I speak. I wander and wander and wander. The queen of the void. 

I am not human, but I know I could be. 

There’s a hollowness in me, carved out by immense loneliness. I try not to let it distract me from my wandering. I’ve circled this waste-planet numerous times. I think I could draw it from memory… Maybe I will attempt that tomorrow. 

I add another tally in the scarlet sand, one for each day that dredges on. Nine thousand, four hundred and ninety-five tiny lines. Too many. I hope ten thousand will bring freedom. But my paranoia tells me it will be a curse. 

I sweep my gaze around. The warm wind carries specks of crimson dust around me like a hurricane. My hair catches the cyclone, and for a split second, I could have taken flight. But as quickly as it starts, it ends. 

I sigh and drag my feet through the dirt. There is nothing here that catches my eye. Venus looks as lonely as I feel. I sit upon a pile of boring, beige stone; it must be my throne. The granite is cool against my burning skin. 

I look out at the vast unknown. I reach for the stars. They slide just out of my grasp. I want them to drift closer, so that I may latch onto one and ride it all the way to a new place. Somewherewith people, somewhere filled with love. My voice claws at my throat to escape, gritty and unafraid. 

I scream. 

Pure rage from my lonely heart, beating only to keep me—and this rage—alive.  

I am just a girl and the earth is just a star. 

I know nothing about astronomy. Other than the moon (obvious), I can't identify one thing in the night sky.

For the past few nights near 11 PM in the northwestern sky of Las Vegas, I noticed a very bright "light" in the sky. At first I thought it was a plane, but it doesn't move. So last night I looked it up. It turns out it's the planet Venus.

I did my best to get a photo on my iPhone, but I'm not very good at it. So far I can't identify the surrounding "lights".

#Astronomy #Venus #Space

Weekly Wednesday Star Party is ON tonight, 4/8 — NO Moon, perfect for deep sky viewing! Catch Orion's last bow, brilliant Venus low on the horizon, and Jupiter overhead. We open after 8pm.

👉 https://was-ct.org/programs/public-viewing/
Photo: WAS Member Dr. Steven Labkoff

#StarParty #Astronomy #NightSky #Stargazing #WestportCT #WestportObservatory #DeepSky #Orion #Venus #Jupiter #Connecticut #LookUp

2026-04-07 12:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-03-31)

VENUS
- Distance (km): 231,068,284.38 km (-3,926,005.91 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.54 (-0.03)
- Light travel time: 12 min 50.76 s (-13.10 s)
- Orbital speed: 35.14 km/s (+0.04 km/s)

Image: Venus - Global View Centered at 180 degrees
Credit: NASA/JPL

#Venus #Space #SolarSystem

Took a break from my valangel comic to draw some Venus and Vecest because I miss these two and they're Actually my everything. Usually it's tradition to draw Venus in playboy bunny for Easter, but I didn't this year. Fixing that! :D

For the second pic, it's just something cute. I like to think that Keoni told Venus about Easter and now he's talking Veen's ear off about it.

#art #mastoart #fediart #oc #originalcharacter #outerspunk #vecest #venus #veentahk #cute #suggestive

Wer derzeit abends gen Westen schaut, wundert sich über das funkelnde Licht: Flugzeug? UFO?
Nein, es ist Venus, der Abendstern! Dank ihrer aktuell 93%igen Beleuchtung (abnehmend, wie ein fast voller Mond) leuchtet sie atemberaubend hell.

#Venus #Abendstern #Sternenhimmel #Astronomie

Il Fatto Quotidiano: Firenze, la protesta dei lavoratori dei musei davanti alla Venere di Botticelli: “Senza salario dopo anni di precariato”

“Abbiamo portato la protesta davanti alla Venere di Botticelli” dentro la Galleria degli Uffizi, “per pretendere risposte urgenti per coloro che dopo anni di precarietà di ritrovano senza lavoro e salario. C’è bisogno urgentemente di stabilizzare i precari storici” dei musei fiorentini “e non di assumere nuovo personale con contratti a chiamata ancora più precari”. Così i manifestanti per la mobilitazione promossa da Sudd Cobas che sta andando avanti da giorni e proseguirà anche domani nel piazzale degli Uffizi mentre il 9 aprile in piazza Duomo sotto il palazzo della Regione Toscana, dove si terrà l’incontro con l’unità di crisi. Agli Uffizi i manifestanti hanno anche esposto uno striscione davanti alla Venere con scritto: ‘Basta vite precarie“. “Intanto – questo l’annuncio – ci prepariamo a raggiungere con una protesta il ministero della Cultura a Roma il prossimo 13 aprile. È l’ora di finirla con la precarietà e con il sistema malato degli appalti”.
L'articolo Firenze, la protesta dei lavoratori dei musei davanti alla Venere di Botticelli: “Senza salario dopo anni di precariato” proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.

Florence, the protest of museum workers in front of Botticelli’s Venus: “Without pay after years of precariousness”

We brought the protest in front of Botticelli’s Venus inside the Uffizi Gallery, “to demand urgent answers for those who, after years of precariousness, find themselves without a job and salary. There is an urgent need to stabilize the historic temporary workers of the Florentine museums “and not to hire new staff with temporary contracts even more precarious.” Thus, the protesters for the mobilization promoted by Sudd Cobas, which has been going on for days and will continue tomorrow on the Uffizi square, while on April 9th in Piazza Duomo under the headquarters of the Tuscany Region, where the meeting with the crisis unit will be held. At the Uffizi, the protesters also displayed a banner in front of the Venus with the words: ‘Enough precarious lives.’ “Meanwhile – this is the announcement – we are preparing to reach the Ministry of Culture in Rome with a protest next April 13th. It’s time to end with precariousness and with the sick system of public tenders.”

The article Firenze, the protest of museum workers in front of Botticelli’s Venus: “Without salary after years of precariousness” comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.

#Florence #Botticelli’s #Venus #Botticelli #theUffiziGallery #Florentine #SuddCobas #Uffizi #PiazzaDuomo #theTuscanyRegion #Firenze #IlFattoQuotidiano

https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/04/06/protesta-precari-musei-uffizi-venere-botticelli-notizie/8346961/

Punto Informatico: La Cina potrebbe scoprire i segreti dell’atmosfera estrema di Venere

La Cina potrebbe riuscire a scoprire prima di tutti i segreti dell'atmosfera estrema di Venere con una precisione senza precedenti storici.
The post La Cina potrebbe scoprire i segreti dell’atmosfera estrema di Venere appeared first on Punto Informatico.

China could uncover the secrets of Venus’s extreme atmosphere.

China could be the first to uncover all the secrets of Venus’s extreme atmosphere with unprecedented historical accuracy.

#China #Venus #first

https://www.punto-informatico.it/cina-potrebbe-scoprire-segreti-atmosfera-estrema-venere/

#exploration #venus #space

If Life Exists in Venus' Atmosphere, It Could Have Come From Earth

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/if-life-exists-in-venus-atmosphere-it-could-have-come-from-space