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

New research reveals that Earth’s continents owe their stability to searing heat deep in the planet’s crust. At more than 900°C, radioactive elements shifted upward, cooling and strengthening the ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

It's not the first time there have been claims of signs of life on Mars, so why are scientists particularly thrilled now?