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![Telescope images of Neptune's rare red asteroids taken with taken with the Palomar 200-inch, Gemini and Keck telescopes](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fZD3CK3kUTot95dpzs6QeQ-320-80.jpg)
Rare red asteroids around Neptune could reveal the secrets of the early solar system
By Joanna Thompson published
Scientists have observed that some of Neptune's Trojan asteroids are deep red, possibly revealing what asteroids may have been like in the early days of the solar system.
![A computer generated image on Maat Mons on Venus.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3eAyZwCivQPHPJ3hctankY-320-80.jpg)
1st evidence of recent volcanic activity on Venus detected in groundbreaking study
By Sascha Pare published
Scientists have analyzed 30-year-old data from NASA's Magellan mission to Venus and detected the first-ever signs of volcanic activity on the planet, emanating from a giant crater called Maat Mons.
![An image of Venus overlain with spectroscopy data collected by NASA's SOFIA observatory. If phosphine was present in the planet's atmosphere there would be three dips located where the PH3 symbol is on the graph.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DCRCYJ9QDqjF7pbmmzZ6bJ-320-80.jpg)
Alien life on Venus? No chance, says new NASA study
By Harry Baker published
New research has debunked a 2020 study that claimed to have found the chemical phosphine, a potential biomarker for extraterrestrial life, in Venus' atmosphere.
![NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this sequence of the 2012 transit of Venus from space.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uks8CWHMfSzzYNZFXn53ZE-320-80.jpg)
Venus crossed the sun's face 10 years ago. Most people alive will never see the sight again.
By Tom Kerss published
On the 10th anniversary of the last transit of Venus, find out what makes these events so special and what else to look out for during the long wait for the next one.
![Venus - Computer Simulated Global View Centered at 90 Degrees East Longitude. September 23, 1996. NASA & JPL.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pR9pCBjB7tcodWJow8XVGU-320-80.jpg)
Venus: Facts about the hellish planet next door
By Adam Mann published
Reference Venus is Earth's next-door neighbor and could be Earth's twin, if not for the sulfuric acid clouds and hellish surface temperatures.
![Venus (lower left) and Jupiter during a close conjunction over Rome on May 1, 2022.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2AAfG4FzdvJcobPDShnNpU-320-80.jpg)
Fuzzy 'halo' envelops Venus as it cozies up to Jupiter in photo of planetary conjunction
By Elizabeth Howell published
A thin cloud over the planets created a colorful 'corona' around Venus.
![NASA captured the images during the fourth flyby of the Parker Solar Probe.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dNDcuUjiU4qwmJcGJGNyPN-320-80.gif)
NASA captures stunning, first of a kind images of Venus' surface
By Ben Turner published
The stunning images show scorching hot continents, plains and plateaus
![Astrophotographer Chris Schur captures this stunning photo of Comet Leonard on Dec. 4, 2021 from Payson, Arizona using a 10-inch Newtonian telescope and 60-minute camera exposure.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qgKnXAL92pmodeRSRAieoA-320-80.jpg)
Comet Leonard may have spawned meteor shower on Venus
By Elizabeth Howell published
Comet Leonard may be sparking meteor showers at Venus this weekend during a relatively close approach of the comet to the planet.
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