Venus

Venus is Like an Exoplanet that’s Right Next Door

We're lucky to have a neighbour like Venus, even though it's totally inhospitable, wildly different from the other rocky planets,…

1 year ago

Venus’ Outer Shell is Thinner and “Squishier” Than Previously Believed

While Earth and Venus are approximately the same size and both lose heat at about the same rate, the internal…

1 year ago

Can a Venus Lander Survive Longer Than a Few Minutes?

Sending a lander to Venus presents several huge engineering problems. Granted, we’d get a break from the nail-biting entry, descent…

1 year ago

Physicist encourages continuing the search for life in Venus’ atmosphere

In a recent paper accepted to Contemporary Physics, a physicist from Imperial College London uses past missions and recent findings…

1 year ago

ESA’s Upcoming Mission Will Tell us if Venus is Still Volcanically Active

When it comes to planetary exploration, particularly of Venus, a big part of the story is under the surface. It's…

1 year ago

SOFIA Fails to Find Phosphine in the Atmosphere of Venus, But the Debate Continues

The on-again, off-again detection of phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus appears to be off-again – for now. The latest…

1 year ago

Volcanoes are the worst. They’ve caused extinctions on Earth, and probably killed Venus

Is there anything good about volcanoes? They can be violent, dangerous, and unpredictable. For modern humans, volcanoes are mostly an…

1 year ago

A Mission to Venus Could Sample its Atmosphere Directly, Searching for Life

We've reported in the past about the Venus Life Finder (VLF) mission, which is currently in the proposal stage but…

1 year ago

Will Venus finally answer, ‘Are we alone?’

We recently examined how and why Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, could answer the longstanding question: Are we alone? It’s the…

1 year ago

What Would it Take to Find Life on Venus?

Life on Venus, or the possibility thereof, has been a hot topic as of late. There's also been plenty of…

2 years ago