Images from the Akatsuki spacecraft unveil what keeps Venus’s atmosphere rotating much faster than the planet itself. An international research team led by Takeshi Horinouchi of Hokkaido University ...

Venus is often known as Earth’s twin because it is the closest planet to Earth in size, mass, and composition. Both are rocky ...

Venus is often called Earth's evil twin due to its size, mass, material composition, and density. It even feels like Venus should've become a second Earth. However, it ended up being one of the ...

The study shows that atmosphere on Venus’ night side behaves very differently to that on the side of the planet facing the Sun (the ‘dayside’). The nightside exhibits unexpected and previously-unseen ...

A new research paper suggests that Venus could've been habitable for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of years. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share ...

The study of Venus’ atmosphere and climate encompasses a broad spectrum of research, from the detection of trace chemical species and the characterisation of cloud dynamics to investigations of the ...

Our sister planet’s cloudy exterior gave it an aura of mystery—until humanity developed the technology to probe past the veil Shi En Kim - Reporter NASA’s Mariner 10 spacecraft captured this view of ...