Fine Art Becomes Finer (and Hilarious) Action Figures
Image: Good Smile Company These cherubs are the only figures in the line not based on a specific statue or paintings, but are just inspired by the prolific cherubs seen…
Webb Telescope Reveals Nearby Exoplanet Has No Atmosphere
TRAPPIST-1b is a superhot rocky world just 40 light-years away. Astronomers recently trained the Webb Space Telescope this exoplanet, a world in the TRAPPIST-1 star system, and found that it’s…
NASA Budget Request Is a ‘Soft Cancellation’ of Venus Mission, Experts Say
A highly anticipated mission to Venus is in trouble after NASA pulled all of its funding, save for a tiny fraction meant to keep the planetary orbiter on brittle life…
The 7 Weirdest Things About Venus, Hell Planet
The transit of Venus (right) across the sun’s face in 2012, as seen in false color by the SDO satellite.Photo: SDO/NASA (Getty Images) It’s been 30 years since a NASA…
Researchers Spot an Active Volcano on Venus, Suggesting the Planet Is Active
A new analysis of 30-year-old images taken by the Magellan spacecraft suggests that a volcanic eruption happened on the planet between 1990 and 1992. In other words, Venus is a…
Two spacecraft worked together to learn about Venus’ magnetic field
When spacecraft launch to visit distant planets in the solar system, they rarely travel directly from Earth to their target. Because of the orbits of the planets and limitations on…
NASA aces test of robot balloon that could one day explore Venus
NASA scientists have successfully tested a robotic “aerobot” balloon that could one day be sent on a mission to explore Venus.
Rocket Lab plans to send the first private mission to Venus
New Zealand-based company Rocket Lab plans to send the first private mission to Venus in 2023.
How ESA is getting its spacecraft ready to explore hellish conditions of Venus
Recently the European Space Agency revealed information about how it will test and prepare its EnVision craft for Venus’s hellish conditions.
How NASA’s DAVINCI probe will withstand the hellish conditions of Venus
Venus’s acidic, high-pressure atmosphere is one of the most inhospitable places in our solar system — and NASA is building a probe that can withstand it