The dream of living on another planet has intrigued scientists, engineers, and explorers for a long time. Now, the dream is ...

Reanalysis of NASA's Pioneer Venus mission data reveals that Earth's twin contains 62% water in hydrated compounds.

Venus has long been called a dry, hellish planet veiled in clouds of liquid acid. But new study of old spacecraft data tells a different story—one that’s reshaping what scientists believed they knew ...

For decades, when people have imagined alien life, their minds have drifted to Mars or distant exoplanets far beyond our […] ...

Temperatures of 460 degrees Celsius, sulphuric rain and high pressure are the norm on the planet Venus.

This planet, named after the Roman goddess of beauty and love, holds a special place in our Solar System. Even though it is the second celestial body closest to the Sun, Venus stands out for being ...

Exoplanet hunters Christopher Watson and Annelies Mortier explain the long search for a 'twin Earth' capable of sustaining ...

In new research published in Science, a team of astronomers report the detection of a surprising substance in a brown dwarf ...

The solar system is composed of the sun, eight major planets, five dwarf planets, over a hundred moons, and countless comets ...

Scientists said on Monday they have detected in the harshly acidic clouds of Venus a gas called phosphine that indicates microbes may inhabit Earth's inhospitable neighbor, a tantalizing sign of ...

Ivory Coast military coup leader ousted; Soviet Venera probes send back first images of Venus; Australian government outlaws ...

"I don't know if you've heard about it," says the long-adored scientist and climate activist—plus, the one rising condition that tells him "there's something going on." ...