Venus
Latest about Venus
Venus has a gooey flowing mantle jostling crust chunks on its surface
By Doris Elin Salazar published
Venus may still be geologically active today, which could mean that Earth's planetary sibling is a good place for scientists to learn about early Earth and faraway worlds.
Did NASA detect a hint of life on Venus in 1978 and not realize it?
By Rafi Letzter published
What if scientists had started hunting for life on Venus in 1978?
'Grand claims' of life on Venus lack evidence, skeptics say
By Adam Mann published
A roundup of the various pushback and criticisms to the claim that there could be life on Venus
Venus, once billed as Earth's twin, is a hothouse (and a tantalizing target in the search for life)
By Nola Taylor Redd published
As Earth's twin, Venus offers much in the search for life and habitable worlds.
Possible hint of life discovered on Venus
By Rafi Letzter published
Phosphine, a chemical long thought to be a signature of life, is floating around in the clouds of Venus. How did it get there?
See Venus swing by the crescent moon Monday morning
By Joe Rao published
The moon and Venus will form a triangle with the Beehive star cluster in the predawn sky on Monday (Sept. 14).
See the bright 'evening star' Venus swing by the crescent moon tonight
By Hanneke Weitering published
After a close encounter with the moon on Sunday (April 26), Venus will be at its greatest brightness of the year on Tuesday (April 28).
Did Venus, Earth's 'Twisted Sister' Hellscape Planet, Once Harbor Water — and Life?
By Mindy Weisberger published
Venus, our solar system's broiling, radiation-bombarded, sulfuric-acid-raining, toxic hellscape of a planet, may once have been quite nice, actually.
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