The Soviet Union’s pioneering space missions were among the first to penetrate the thick, toxic clouds of Venus and reveal ...

The atmosphere itself is… not so fine. It's mostly carbon dioxide, which hey, it's what plants crave, but also a lot of ...

Launched in 1972, the failed Venus probe has been stuck in Earth orbit ever since. Now it's hurtling back down to Earth.

New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance.

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 ...

The behaviour is similar to the tectonic plates found on Earth, which are huge sections of crust that move on top of a viscous interior and are constantly changing the surface. Venus doesn't have ...