Venus, the second planet from the Sun, has long fascinated scientists and storytellers alike. Once imagined as a lush, ...

While Mars continues to capture global imagination as the future of human colonization, few realize that Venus is actually ...

"Venus is an amazing laboratory for understanding planet formation and evolution, and it's a stone's throw away. There are likely billions of Venus-like planets in the galaxy," Margot added.

Venus is one of the most brutally inhospitable places in our solar system, but many scientists think life could have thrived there at one point. Here's why.

But if we want to know more about this mysterious planet next door, we need to visit it. And that’s just what NASA’s DAVINCI mission plans to do, by dropping a probe through the atmosphere to ...

Between March 18 and 21, Venus, the brightest planet in our solar system, will have a rare dual visibility — visible in both the morning and evening skies for a few days in the northern ...

Venus will be with us for several more weeks in the evening sky, but the planet is slowly moving toward a point between us and the sun. Venus, as well as Mercury, are both “inner” planets ...

Venus was in the news in 2020, when scientists announced the discovery of a possible sign of life high in the clouds of the planet. After over 30 years, we're headed back to Venus.

Venus is next to Earth in terms of the solar system order, making it easier to see than others. However, EarthSky says the planet also has thick, reflective clouds that reflect sunlight onto us ...

Studying Venus can offer valuable insight into how other rocky, potentially habitable planets in the galaxy – like Kepler-186f, seen here in an artist's rendition – might evolve.

The planet Venus has returned to the early morning sky and has established itself as a dazzling morning lantern, emerging into view from beyond the east-southeast horizon before 5 a.m. local ...

The two planets will rise side-by-side that morning, with Jupiter on the left, Venus on the right. Venus will be markedly brighter at magnitude -4.1; Jupiter will shine at magnitude -2.1 and will ...