Venus is increasingly becoming a touch point for our studies of exoplanets, as missions like the James Webb Space Telescope ...

Aerosols can cool the Earth through both radiative effects via direct light absorption or scattering and indirect cloud albedo effects. At the same time, ...

A lava world reaching 3,200°F still holds an atmosphere, challenging what scientists thought extreme planets could survive.

Aerospace engineers at the University of Illinois have published new findings showing that nitrogen-rich atmospheres, like ...

Heat shields keep incoming spacecraft from burning up in planetary atmospheres. Now we're learning that different atmospheres have different effects.

Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars – may have formed from two rings around the young sun, rather than a single disc ...

New research suggests Venus may be more geologically active than previously believed. Radar signals have revealed a massive ...