Venus reaches its highest altitude above the eastern horizon in 2025 on Aug. 1. Venus will reach its highest altitude in the ...

Venera 8 was one of a pair of Venus atmospheric lander probes designed for the spring 1972 launch window. The other mission, Kosmos-482, failed to leave Earth orbit.

While Mars continues to capture global imagination as the future of human colonization, few realize that Venus is actually Earth's closest planetary neighbor. So why don’t we explore it with the same ...

Unlike Earth, Venus doesn’t have global plate tectonics. The new study suggests, however, that around coronae, something quite similar to subduction could be happening.

The flyby of Earth altered JUICE's trajectory, actually slowing it down by a total of 5.7 kilometers (3.5 miles) per second and bending its path by 100 degrees so it can now head toward Venus ...

Venus currently hosts 20 known co-orbitals, including "Trojan" asteroids and the peculiar quasi-moon Zoozve. These objects, each exceeding 460 feet in diameter, could devastate urban areas if they ...

by: Sierra Campbell Posted: May 29, 2025 / 10:37 AM EDT Updated: May 29, 2025 / 10:37 AM EDT (NewsNation) — Venus could be hiding asteroids that would be deadly if they hit Earth, some experts say.

The recent fall to Earth of a failed Soviet Venus probe from the 1970s has become a detective story of sorts. Different computer models were used to predict the reentry.

by: Sierra Campbell Posted: May 29, 2025 / 08:53 AM EDT Updated: May 29, 2025 / 08:53 AM EDT (NewsNation) — Venus could be hiding asteroids that would be deadly if they hit Earth, some experts say.