On June 5, the planet Venus will appear to cross in front of the disk of the sun, appearing as a small black dot. The historic skywatching event, called a transit of Venus by astronomers, is among the ...

A recent study published in Nature Astronomy provides evidence for how the planet Venus might have once had plate tectonic activity at the same time as the ancient Earth. This study was led by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Venus, as seen by NASA’s Magellan spacecraft. Scientists have identified a water-loss mechanism on Venus that could explain how ...

A NASA illustration depicting a volcanic region called the Quetzalpetlatl Corona in Venus’ southern hemisphere. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Peter Rubin Even robots die quickly on Venus. The most long ...

Despite the hopes of both astronomers and sci-fi fans alike, Venus may never have been habitable to life. This is the conclusion of a new study out of the University of Cambridge, which has been ...

New modeling suggests large, high-speed impacts during Venus’ early history could reconcile the differences between Venus and its rocky sister planet, Earth. The two planets are alike in many ways.

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