The Soviet Venera probes were a series of spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union between the 1960s and 1980s to explore Venus, making them the first missions to successfully reach and study another ...

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 ...

NASA's plans are in doubt, however, due to budgetary issues. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Venus just lost its last active ...