Convection processes beneath Venus' scorched surface may help explain the planet's many volcanoes, a new study reports.Venus, ...

Future missions to Venus could also supply additional data on the density and temperature of the planet's crust, which could ...

Venus—a hot planet pocked with tens of thousands of volcanoes—may be even more geologically active near its surface than ...

Venus may be far more geologically alive than anyone expected. New research suggests its outer crust could be churning with ...

It was a beautiful summer evening in Western Colorado. The Sun had just set and our bright sister planet was just starting to ...

That radiant object is the planet Venus. In terms of morning visibility, it's now, in a literal and figurative sense "rising to the occasion." After putting on a great show in our evening sky ...

Venus, however, is a different story. Its crust is thicker—anywhere from 30 to 90 kilometers—and its surface is extremely hot ...

Scientists have discovered a new planet, Enaiposha, that defies existing planetary classifications. Found 47 light-years away, it has a dense atmosphe ...

Using new fluid dynamic modeling, researchers show that Venus' crust could support convection ... by which heated material rises toward a planet's surface and cooler materials sink.