Ten Astonishing Mysteries of Venus
The surface of Venus is completely inhospitable for life: barren, dry, crushed under an atmosphere about 90 times the pressure of Earth’s and roasted by…
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New Findings Suggest Venus Never Had Oceans, Conditions Needed for Life
Astrophysicists led by the UNIGE and the NCCR PlanetS have investigated the past of Venus to find out whether Earth’s sister planet once had oceans….
First Images and Videos From the Double Venus Flyby
Two spacecraft made historic flybys of Venus this month, and both sent back sci-fi-type views of the mysterious, cloud-shrouded planet. The Solar Orbiter and BepiColombo…
Solar Orbiter Captures Venus’ Glare During Close Pass of Our Solar System’s Hottest Planet
On August 9, 2021, ESA/NASA’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft passed within 4,967 miles (7,995 kilometers) of the surface of planet Venus. In the days leading up…
Experience the Sights and Sounds of an Extraordinary Venus Flyby
ESA’s Solar Orbiter and BepiColombo spacecraft made a historic Venus flyby earlier this week, passing by the planet within 33 hours of each other and…
BepiColombo Spacecraft Skims Past Venus
The joint European-Japanese BepiColombo mission captured this view of Venus on August 10, 2021, as the spacecraft passed the planet for a gravity assist maneuver….
Double Venus Flyby! Solar Orbiter and BepiColombo Set To Make Space History
Solar Orbiter and BepiColombo are set to make space history with two Venus flybys just 33 hours apart on August 9 and 10, 2021. The…
Space-Based Infrared Imaging Reveals the Nighttime Weather on Venus
Little is known about the weather at night on Venus as the absence of sunlight makes imaging difficult. Now, researchers have devised a way to…
Evidence of Explosive Volcanic Activity on Venus
Traces of the gas phosphine point to volcanic activity on Venus, according to new research from Cornell University. Last autumn, scientists revealed that phosphine was…
NASA “Heliotrope” Balloon Detects California Earthquake – Next Stop, Venus?
The technique is being developed to detect venusquakes. A new study details how, in 2019, it made the first balloon-borne detection of a quake much…
Signs of Geological Activity Discovered on Venus
The surface of Venus is cracked and moves like ice floating on the ocean – likely due to tectonic activity. The big idea Much of…
Venus’ Geological Secrets Revealed Through “Pack Ice” Tectonics
A new analysis of Venus’ surface shows evidence of tectonic motion in the form of crustal blocks that have jostled against each other like broken…
NASA Has Announced Two Missions to Venus by 2030 – Here’s Why Space Scientists Are So Excited
For decades, the exploration of our solar system left one of our neighboring planets, Venus, largely unexplored. Now, things are about to change. In the…
EnVision: Revolutionary Venus Mission Promises a “New Era” in the Exploration of Earth’s “Evil Twin”
EnVision will be ESA’s next Venus orbiter, providing a holistic view of the planet from its inner core to upper atmosphere to determine how and…
First NASA Probe Mission to Venus in 40 Years: DAVINCI+ to Explore Divergent Fate of Earth’s Mysterious Twin
Although Earth and Venus are similar in size and location, they are very different worlds today. While Earth has oceans of water and abundant life,…
NASA to Send Two Missions to Study “Lost Habitable” World of Venus
NASA has selected two new missions to Venus, Earth’s nearest planetary neighbor. Part of NASA’s Discovery Program, the missions aim to understand how Venus became an…
Cracking the Mysteries of Venus: New Information on Planet’s Spin and Internal Structure
15 years of radar measurements provide new information on planet’s spin, internal structure. Venus is an enigma. It’s the planet next door and yet reveals…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Discovers Radio Signal in Venus’ Atmosphere
During a brief swing by Venus, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe detected a natural radio signal that revealed the spacecraft had flown through the planet’s upper…