Recent discoveries by Venus rovers have unveiled metallic structures on the planet’s surface, sparking curiosity and various ...

Fly about 2,600 light-years to Hubble Space Telescope imagery of the Cygnus loop nebula. See images from 2001 and 2020.

When it comes to the question of which planet humanity could one day call home, the obvious choice might seem to be Mars. But ...

On Venus, dramatically cranking up surface temperature can kill plate tectonics, Weller explained, shutting off a planet's ability to stabilize itself.

During the early days of our solar system, giant impacts were common occurrences. Earth likely experienced such an impact ...

The bright stars Castor and Pollux will be positioned to the left of the moon in the early morning hours of Aug. 19. Mercury, ...

Earth is an ocean world, with water covering about 71% of its surface. Venus, our closest planetary neighbor, is sometimes called Earth's twin based on their similar size and rocky composition.

NASA is gearing up for its Parker Solar Probe to do a final flyby of Venus on Wednesday on its way to making history as the closest any human-made object has ever been to the sun. Parker will use ...

The Parker Probe will use Venus as a gravity assist today, skimming past the planet's surface at a distance of 233 miles and slingshotting away toward the sun.

At its closest approach during the gravity assist, the probe will pass within 233 miles (376 kilometers) of Venus’ surface. In that maneuver, the probe will fly around Venus, leveraging the ...

They also determined that the concentration of water molecules, both H2O and HDO, increases with altitude, specifically between 70 and 110 kilometers (43 and 68 miles) above Venus' surface.

Instead, Venus was a steam world, one that could reach surface temperatures as high as 1,340 degrees Fahrenheit (727 degrees Celsius).