Venus

How to Deploy and Talk To LEAVES on Venus

We reported before about a NIAC-funded project known as the Lofted Environment and Atmospheric Venues Sensors (LEAVES) mission to study…

1 month ago

Venus is Important. We Should Take its Exploration Seriously.

When it comes to exploring our planetary neighbours, Mars tends to get a lot of the attention. For one thing…

1 month ago

Maybe Venus Was Never Habitable

The planetary science community argues back and forth about when Venus was last habitable. Did it lose its oceans billions…

2 months ago

Is There Seismic Activity on Venus? Here’s How We Could Find Out

Venus is often referred to as Earths twin but size and mass are the only similarities. A visitor to one…

3 months ago

New View of Venus Reveals Previously Hidden Impact Craters

Think of the Moon and most people will imagine a barren world pockmarked with craters. The same is likely true…

3 months ago

Another Building Block of Life Can Handle Venus’ Sulphuric Acid

Venus is often described as a hellscape. The surface temperature breaches the melting point of lead, and though its atmosphere…

5 months ago

Scientists Discover New Geological Link Between Earth and Venus

Venus is sometimes called Earth's sister planet because of their shared physical, geological, and atmospheric features. Scientists have discovered something…

6 months ago

Floating LEAVES Could Characterize Venus’s Atmosphere

Venus's atmosphere has drawn a lot of attention lately. In particular, the consistent discovery of phosphine in its clouds points…

7 months ago

Venus is the Perfect Place to Count Meteors

Watching meteoroids enter the Earth’s atmosphere and streak across the sky as the visual spectacle known as meteors, it is…

8 months ago

Where Did Venus's Water Go?

It should not be surprising that Venus is dry. It is famous for its hellish conditions, with dense sulphurous clouds,…

8 months ago