News

In 1990 NASA’s unmanned Magellan spacecraft became the first mission to orbit the planet Venus. It hitched a ride into Earth orbit in the payload bay of the Space Shuttle Atlantis in 1989.
Call it a cosmic coincidence or a Valentine's Day gift from the heavens. Astronomers say the planet Venus — named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty — will shine its brightest in 2025 ...
Although its continued brightness is perhaps Venus’s most notable feature, it isn’t just the brightest planet we can see from Earth, but rather an extreme, remarkable planet in a number of ways.
Venus's atmosphere is comprised of 96.5 percent carbon dioxide and 3.5 percent nitrogen, along with trace amounts of other gases like oxygen and sulfur dioxide.
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s the planet Venus — or is it? An April 29 Facebook post shared a photo that claimed to show the "clearest image ever taken of Venus.". The photo shows a hazy ...
What scientists can lean from discovery of potential life on Venus 04:03. Radar images of the surface of Venus appear to show fresh lava flows, suggesting active volcanoes on the planet.