Some lucky stargazers could have a double feature of the planet Venus this weekend. On Saturday and Sunday, the Earth will have an inferior conjunction (closest approach) with Venus, the sixth-largest ...

Nasa's Magellan mission launched in 1989 has now revealed unknown facts about Venus, which is also dubbed as Earth's mysterious twin. Researchers discovered, hidden in the archival data, new evidence ...

Venus was the goddess of beauty in ancient Rome and her brightly shining planetary namesake lives up to that hype. When Venus is in the evening sky, you notice her. When she is in the predawn sky, you ...

When scientists recently took a closer look at archival images of the surface of Venus, they discovered something new: evidence of volcanic activity on Earth's "twin." The NASA Magellan spacecraft ...

BepiColombo and Solar Orbiter are helping us better understand Earth's sister planet. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Space ...

Venus has always been a mysterious planet, largely due to its extreme conditions. It’s a world where temperatures are high enough to melt lead, and its thick, toxic clouds have long been thought to be ...