Out of 75 coronae examined, 52 showed signs of these underground forces still at work, hinting that tectonic activity may be more widespread on Venus than previously thought.

The Soviet Union’s pioneering space missions were among the first to penetrate the thick, toxic clouds of Venus and reveal ...

Sure, we have pictures of Mars, but what about photos of Venus’ surface? How much have we explored that planet? The answer: not much at all. While you can find dozens, if not hundreds ...

Among its many mysteries are the planet’s so-called pancake domes—enormous, circular volcanic formations that resemble oversized flapjacks left to cook on Venus’ searing surface. While scientists have ...

The atmosphere itself is… not so fine. It's mostly carbon dioxide, which hey, it's what plants crave, but also a lot of ...

The research supports the argument that Venus’ tectonics are active today, he says. What’s more, the demonstrated ability of computer simulations to predict what spacecraft may observe will be a boon ...

It’s not straightforward to study Venus’ surface because it has a dense atmosphere, including an unbroken cloud layer at a height of 45-65 km that is opaque to most wavelengths of radiation ...

By any measure, Venus is a hellscape: crushing pressures, a toxic atmosphere, and surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead. It's like a scene lifted straight from Dante's Inferno. It's "my ...

An old viral image of the surface of the planet Venus was making the rounds on Reddit on Monday morning. While the image is no doubt a stunning vision of the hostile, crushing conditions on one of ...

Radar images of the surface of Venus appear to show fresh lava flows, suggesting active volcanoes on the planet. Scientists from Italy's International Research School of Planetary Sciences wrote ...

The planet is also shrouded in clouds of sulfuric acid. Because of its heat-trapping atmosphere, Venus has the hottest surface of any planet in the solar system. Related: The 10 most Earth-like ...

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech A new study reveals overlooked signs of geological activity on Venus — clues that the planet's mysterious surface is still changing today. These signs, found in giant ...