Imagine standing on a scorched landscape where the ground is cracked and shimmering, and the sky glows a deep, fiery orange.

Dive into the extreme world of Venus with our latest video! From its acid rain to potential signs of life, discover the ...

Scientists now think there could be microscopic life floating in the clouds of Venus. Their theory is surprising, considering how inhospitable the surface of Venus is. But in the clouds ...

The Tethered Observatory for Balloon-based Imaging and Atmospheric Sampling is an idea awarded a NIAC grant by NASA earlier this year.

Up at the 50km (31-mile) layer, at the top of Venus' clouds, conditions are actually hospitable and almost Earth-like. Organisms could thrive in the upper reaches the same way bacteria thrives ...

This Friday right before sunrise, the moon, Venus and Saturn will create a smiley face in the eastern horizon for a brief ...

In the 1950s, Earth’s closest neighbor, Venus, was a mystery. The dense, featureless clouds shrouding the planet made it impossible to determine the rate of its rotation, much less its geography.

Ice and snow reflect a lot of sunlight, back out into space; but Earth’s major sunscreen is cloud. Clouds, especially over ...

The crescent-shaped Venus was visible for only a few minutes through narrow breaks in the clouds—just long enough to document the phenomenon. Venus, often referred to as Earth’s sister planet ...

Venus hasn’t received nearly the same attention ... never mind the intense atmospheric pressure and sulfuric acid clouds. With this in mind, NASA has been experimenting with the concept of ...