Scientists have observed something unexpected in Venus' atmosphere — an increase in the level of deuterium relative to hydrogen. Okay, sure, that doesn't sound like the most exciting statement.

Four years ago, the unexpected discovery in the clouds of Venus of a gas that on Earth signifies life — phosphine — faced controversy, earning rebukes in subsequent observations that failed to match ...

Venus, the second planet from our Sun, vividly demonstrates why the greenhouse effect makes life impossible. With an average surface temperature of roughly 1000º F (500º C) under a toxic atmosphere ...

Venus Express has studied the true extent of Venus’s restless atmosphere. This includes the planet’s glow, its highly variable south polar vortex and the dynamic upper atmosphere, different from what ...

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In this image, Venus is just beginning its journey across the face of the sun. Its atmosphere is visible as a thin, glowing border on the upper left of the planet. Two of NASA’s heliophysics missions ...

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Scientists say they have found more evidence of gas molecules on Venus that could, among other things, point to the possibility of life on the planet. Venus, the closest planet to Earth, has an ...

A strange, gargantuan wall of acid-filled clouds on our neighboring planet Venus has been spotted by a hobbyist astronomer. This structure, known as the Venus Cloud Discontinuity, is around 5,000 ...

Planet Venus is one of the most fascinating places in the solar system, and the one most easily recognizable in the night sky. The true twin of planet Earth (no, it's not Mars), Venus has more things ...