Curiosity Point 1: A catastrophic event turned Venus into a hellish world?

Curiosity Point 1: A catastrophic event turned Venus into a hellish world?

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky.

What do many baked goods and the planet Mercury have in common? They shrink as they cool. By observing how faults have uplifted parts of Mercury’s surface, researchers can begin to estimate how much ...

What do many baked goods and the planet Mercury have in common? They shrink as they cool. Evidence suggests that since it formed about 4.5 billion years ago, Mercury has continuously contracted as it ...

Mercury may be small, but it’s mighty, zipping around the Sun faster than any other planet. And despite being so close to the sun, it’s not the hottest planet. Venus still holds that title! Scientists ...

Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), a legendary writer of science and science fiction, once noted in "The Solar System and Back," that the planet Mercury is rarely visible when it is truly dark. "I suspect, in ...

August is full of celestial events, and this week marks a milestone for the 4.503 billion-year-old planet known as Mercury. Being such a small planet that lies close to the sun, Mercury can be ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky.

Mercury achieves greatest western elongation (19° from the Sun) at 6 A.M. EDT, exhibiting a magnitude of 0 and appearing 5° above the eastern horizon one hour before sunrise; its illumination is 42%, ...

An international team of astronomers, co-led by researchers at the University of Galway, has made the unexpected discovery of a new planet. Detected at an early stage of formation around a young ...

Though the Mercury have gone with an eight-player rotation lately, Lexi Held has been back on the court during the team's last four games. Jul 27, 2025; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Phoenix ...