Researchers float a hypothesis about how microbial life could actually survive in the clouds above the toxic and overheated planet. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his ...

Venus rotates in the opposite direction to most planets in the Solar System, and it does so incredibly slowly. One full ...

It was one of those “big, if true” stories. In September, scientists reported that Venus’ atmosphere seems to be laced with phosphine, a possible sign of life. Now there’s increasing emphasis on the ...

The planets of the solar system orbit the sun in a complex and ever-shifting ballet, which can see them appear as glorious ...

When you look at Venus today, it doesn’t seem like a very welcoming place. With surface temperatures hotter than an oven, atmospheric pressure equivalent to being 3,000 feet deep in the ocean, and no ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

A research team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has advanced the ...

NASA announced Wednesday that it will send, not one, but two spacecraft to Venus this decade as part of its efforts to ramp up exploration of the closest planet to Earth. The decision was hailed by ...

On Monday, a group of scientists published a paper in the journal Nature Astronomy revealing the presence of phosphine in Venus’ upper atmosphere. The researchers spent three years attempting to find ...

Venus was always too hot for oceans, a new study suggests. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Venus may not be such a tantalizing ...

A few days ago, at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, one of the most important conferences in science, a certain session began with a sharp reminder, akin to a school teacher’s ...

In September, news about the possibility of floating, cloud-based life on Venus caused a storm in the science world as tumultuous as the sulfur clouds that rain acid down on the second planet from the ...