Solar Orbiter is getting ready for the first of many gravity assist flybys of Venus on December 27, to start bringing it closer to the…
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Scientists recently reported the discovery of the gas phosphine around Venus, which may point to microbial life. Venus is the second planet from the sun…
BepiColombo captured this view of Venus using the Mercury Transfer Module’s Monitoring Camera 2 on October 15, 2020, as the spacecraft passed the planet for…
[embedded content] The ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission is getting ready to fly by Venus. It will make a close approach of the planet on October 15,…
Composite of images taken by Japanese spacecraft Akatsuki of Venus. Credit: JAXA / ISAS / DARTS / Damia Bouic Study shows the destabilizing effect of…
This artistic impression depicts our Solar System neighbour Venus, where scientists have confirmed the detection of phosphine molecules. The molecules were detected in the Venusian…
This artistic impression depicts Venus. Astronomers at MIT, Cardiff University, and elsewhere may have observed signs of life in the atmosphere of Venus. Credit: ESO…
This artistic illustration depicts the Venusian surface and atmosphere, as well as phosphine molecules. These molecules float in the windblown clouds of Venus at altitudes…
This artistic impression depicts Venus. Astronomers at MIT, Cardiff University, and elsewhere may have observed signs of life in the atmosphere of Venus. Credits: Image:…
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech What’s Up for September? The Moon with Mars and Venus, and a star with a planet…that wasn’t. On September 6th, you’ll find the…
On September 18, 2017, ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli shot this image from the International Space Station showing the Moon rising above the Earth’s horizon together…
Venus is the second planet from the Sun. Credit: NASA ETH researchers used computer simulations to classify the current activity of corona structures on the…
New 3D model provides evidence that Venus is churning inside. A new study identified 37 recently active volcanic structures on Venus. The study provides some…
An artist’s concept of active volcanos on Venus, depicting a subduction zone where the foreground crust plunges into the planet’s interior at the topographic trench.…
Venus – Computer Simulated Global View Centered at 90 Degrees East Longitude. Credit: NASA/JPL Images from the Akatsuki spacecraft unveil what keeps Venus’s atmosphere rotating…
Akatsuki: surveying lightning emission in Venus’ sea of clouds and observing cloud layers on the horizon (by Akihiro Ikeshita). A conceptual image of Akatsuki observing…
An illustration of a concept for a possible wind-powered Venus rover. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, under a grant from the…
This figure shows the volcanic peak Idunn Mons (at 46 degrees south latitude, 214.5 degrees east longitude) in the Imdr Regio area of Venus. The…
Venus hides a wealth of information that could help us better understand Earth and exoplanets. NASA’s JPL is designing mission concepts to survive the planet’s…
A radar image of the surface of Venus showing one of the surface features used to measure a revised value for the length of the…