Offering incredibly high temperatures, crushing pressure, and a thick mix of carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid, the atmosphere on Venus is deadly to human beings, several times over – but China has ...

Venus has long been considered one of the most hostile places in the solar system. Surface temperatures melt metal, pressure ...

It is well known that phosphorus is essential to life’s existence. For this reason, there has been a continued interest in ...

A piece of Soviet hardware built to survive the burning, crushing environment of Venus crashed down to Earth sometime early Saturday morning, and, so far, no one has any idea where. On March 27 and ...

Venus is our toxic twin. Its chemical makeup, size and density are similar to our world’s, although its hellish temperatures can melt lead, and its atmosphere is rife with sulfuric acid. But it may be ...

Imaging data from Japan’s Himawari-8 and -9 meteorological satellites have been successfully used to monitor temporal changes in Venus’ cloud-top temperature, revealing unseen patterns in the ...

Workers prepare Venera 4, a Soviet space probe, for its flight to Venus' atmosphere in 1967. Sovfoto / Universal Images Group via Getty Images In 1972, the Soviet Union’s Venera 8 spacecraft became ...

UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 13: A volcano named Sapas Mons dominates this computer-generated view of the surface of Venus. Lava flows extend for hundreds of kilometers across the fractured plains shown in ...

More than fifty years ago, humanity captured its first close-up photo of its closest planetary neighbor: Venus. Mars, despite occupying the lion’s share of humanity’s attention, is actually millions ...

A potentially destructive Soviet Venus lander that was lost in space for over half a century has reentered the Earth's atmosphere. Tracked by various space agencies and individuals, the capsule ...

Japan’s Akatsuki mission officially ended in September 2025 after more than a decade of operations and a final year of ...