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…
After Delayed Asteroid Mission, NASA’s JPL Is Making Changes
NASA’s Perseverance rover being outfitted with its wheels at JPL on June 13, 2019.Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech Following the release of an independent review examining the delay of NASA’s Psyche mission, the…
NASA’s Psyche mission goes ahead but VERITAS mission is delayed
NASA’s Psyche mission to the metal asteroid Psyche is on, but it’ll mean pushing back the VERITAS mission to Venus.
Mars? Old news. The next 10 years will be the decade of Venus
In recent decades, space agencies have mostly been focused on visiting Mars — but now their sights are shifting to Earth’s other planetary neighbor: Venus
NASA announces first Venus missions in more than 30 years
NASA will send two spacecraft to Venus toward the end of this decade in the first missions to the planet in more than 30 years.