Launched in 1989, the Magellan spacecraft mapped most of the surface of Venus over six cycles. The spacecraft studied Venus ...

Venus—a hot planet pocked with tens of thousands of volcanoes—may be even more geologically active near its surface than previously thought. New calculations by researchers at Washington ...

NASA’s boldest plan yet to find alien life in our solar system targets the most unlikely place: Venus. With its scorching surface and crushing atmosphere, Venus seems uninhabitable - until you reach ...

A later variation appeared in a book, titled The Discovery of a World in the Moone by John Wilkins (1614-1672), an English ...

This week's science news started off with a bang as Europe's largest active volcano erupted Monday morning (June 2 ... An ...

New observations from the Cassini spacecraft appear to support the idea that active, icy volcanoes may exist on ... including flybys of Venus, Earth and Jupiter, it reached Saturn.

Earth and space mingle in stunning ways for the 2025 Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest. From the “geological masterpiece” of Coyote Buttes, Utah to the sandstone terrain of desolate Ennedi, ...

Trillions of bacteria, fungi, viruses and single-celled organisms travel the globe high in the atmosphere. Scientists are ...

The emotions of youth become less all-important and less demanding of our attention. Young people feel that every perceived slight needs ...

Venus is home to some of the weirdest volcanoes in the solar system—massive, flattened domes that look like planetary pancakes left to cool on the world’s blistering surface. Scientists have ...

This is the 26th lava fountaining episode recorded at Kilauea since December. Kilauea is one of the world's most active volcanoes.