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

The first private spacecraft mission to Venus will combat the planet's hellish conditions with the aid of a novel woven heat shield called "HEEET." ...

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Convection processes beneath Venus' scorched surface may help explain the planet's many volcanoes, a new study reports. Venus, the hottest planet in the solar system, is estimated to have 85,000 ...

Meet the author: Dr. Phil Plait is an astronomer, author, and science communicator with a PhD in astronomy at the University of Virginia. He has written four books on astronomy and consulted on space ...

Some lucky stargazers could have a double feature of the planet Venus this weekend. On Saturday and Sunday, the Earth will have an inferior conjunction (closest approach) with Venus, the sixth ...

Our planet's closest and brightest neighbor will pass approximately between the Earth and sun this week, in what's called an ...

Researchers present the Venus Life Equation, a novel formula to approximate the possibility of life on Venus, shedding light ...

The orbit Venus takes around the sun periodically results in a phenomenon astronomers refer to as an inferior conjunction, which occurs when the planet transitions from appearing in the evening ...

It could be two planets, or a planet and the sun. An inferior conjunction of Venus happens when the planet swings between the sun and Earth. Such an alignment happens about every 19 months because ...