Reanalysis of NASA's Pioneer Venus mission data reveals that Earth's twin contains 62% water in hydrated compounds.

NASA is considering approving by next April up to two planetary science missions from four proposals under review, including one to Venus that scientists involved in the project said could help ...

Scientists said on Monday they have detected in the harshly acidic clouds of Venus a gas called phosphine that indicates microbes may inhabit Earth's inhospitable neighbor, a tantalizing sign of ...

A new discovery by the James Webb Space Telescope has given scientists fresh insight into Venus and its potential to host life ...

Venus has long been called a dry, hellish planet veiled in clouds of liquid acid. But new study of old spacecraft data tells ...

The first things they noticed were massive spikes in water at 185𝇈C and 414𝇈C, which were indicative of hydrates such as ...

Venus has always been a mysterious planet, largely due to its extreme conditions. It’s a world where temperatures are high ...

The finding suggests phosphine—a potential biosignature—shouldn’t be viewed as evidence of alien life until natural, ...

The air on Venus is about 96.5% carbon dioxide, a potent greenhouse gas. All that CO2 leads to a runaway greenhouse effect ...

Reanalyzing old data with our modern understanding seems to be in vogue lately. However, the implications of that reanalysis ...

Forty-three years ago, in March 1982, humanity received its last direct visual postcard from the surface of Venus.

Mercury is tiny, barely bigger than the Moon. Its metallic core makes up 70% of the planet’s mass, vastly exceeding Earth’s ...