Earthlings, rejoice: We’re visiting Venus again. Twice.
Memo to Elon Musk: You were paying attention to the wrong planet all along. Venus, not Mars, is where it’s at. That much was confirmed Wednesday, when NASA announced the…
Parker Solar Probe detects a natural radio signal coming from Venus
A NASA spacecraft intended to study the sun has been doing some bonus science, revealing new information about Venus as it passes by the planet.
We finally know exactly how long a day on Venus lasts
Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles finally have an answer to how long a day on Venus is, after 15 years of painstaking observations.
Gorgeous image of Venus snapped by the Parker Solar Probe on its way past
NASA has shared a gorgeous image of Venus, captured by the Parker Solar Probe on a flyby of the planet in July last year.
Spacecraft zooms by Venus and snaps a striking image
Why hello, Venus. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, a well-armored spacecraft that’s observing the sun closer than any mission before, swung by Venus in July 2020 and snapped some opportunistic images.…
Carl Sagan predicted life on Venus in 1967. We may be close to proving him right.
Millions of space nerds reacted with joy Monday to a study showing the atmosphere of Venus contains phosphine, a chemical byproduct of biological life. But none would have been more…
Possible life on Venus prompts a whole bunch of alien memes
Hey! Have you heard the news? In an extremely 2020 plot twist, aliens might be real after all. Yeah, yeah. We know that alien theories are usually easily squashed. Heck,…
Welcome to Cloud City: The case for going to Venus, not Mars
There are some encouraging signs. Russia is working on its first Venus probe since 1983, the long-delayed and (to English ears) unfortunately-named Venera-D. Its goal is to study Venus’ greenhouse…