Based on what scientists have said about Venus, finding a world similar to it may not seem like a thrilling breakthrough in space research: Our neighboring planet's surface is a hot, toxic world, with ...

There’s love in the night sky. Jupiter and Venus are set to share a “cosmic kiss” Thursday night as they appear side by side. The two planets crossed paths shortly after sunset Wednesday night as ...

When scientists recently took a closer look at archival images of the surface of Venus, they discovered something new: evidence of volcanic activity on Earth's "twin." The NASA Magellan spacecraft ...

We see phosphine in Jupiter and Saturn's clouds because it is formed deep within the hot interiors of the giant planets, and then convection ... even if the detection of phosphine on Venus turns out ...

A team of astronomers has found that Venus has never been habitable, despite decades of speculation that our closest planetary neighbour was once much more like Earth than it is today. The researchers ...

Venus, often called Earth’s “evil twin” planet, formed closer to the Sun and has since evolved quite differently from our own planet. It has a “runaway” greenhouse effect (meaning heat is completely ...

The summer solstice – the precise moment when the sun is at its highest point in the sky each year – is Wednesday, June 21, at 10:58 a.m. EDT. In reality, it has felt like summer for several weeks ...