Thanks to ESA’s Venus Express data, scientists obtained the first large-area temperature maps of the southern hemisphere of the inhospitable, lead-melting surface of Venus. The new data may help with ...

DAVINCI will send a meter-diameter probe to brave the high temperatures and pressures near Venus’ surface to explore the atmosphere from above the clouds to near the surface of a terrain that may have ...

But its extreme temperatures and dense ... and the European Space Agency’s EnVision probe will seek to chart Venus’s atmosphere and surface in record-high detail. If they affirm heavy water or ...

The dream of living on another planet has intrigued scientists, engineers, and explorers for a long time. Now, the dream is ...

Imaging data from Japan’s Himawari-8 and -9 meteorological satellites have been successfully used to monitor temporal changes in Venus’ cloud-top temperature, revealing unseen patterns in the ...

Despite its similarities to Earth (sometimes called Earth’s evil twin), there’s still a lot we don’t know about Venus. A thick atmosphere crackles with lightning and swirls with acid rain, obscuring ...

Reanalysis of NASA's Pioneer Venus mission data reveals that Earth's twin contains 62% water in hydrated compounds.

For decades, when people have imagined alien life, their minds have drifted to Mars or distant exoplanets far beyond our […] ...

In the early years of astronomy, Venus was often referred to as Earth’s sister planet. But when NASA’s Mariner 2 probe made the first flyby of the planet in 1962, scientists realized that Venus is ...

Venus — a hot planet pocked with tens of thousands of volcanoes — may be even more geologically active near its surface than previously thought. New calculations by researchers at Washington ...