Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Maat Mons is displayed in this three-dimensional perspective view of ...

It's possible that Venus and Earth once simultaneously existed as pleasant worlds hosting mild temperatures and oceans. Then, something went awry. In new research, planetary scientists simulated how ...

Venus, the second planet from our Sun, vividly demonstrates why the greenhouse effect makes life impossible. With an average surface temperature of roughly 1000º F (500º C) under a toxic ...

The results suggest that Venus, over a series of massive volcanic outgassing events and other geologic changes, transitioned from an Earth-like world to the hellish land we see today. Even the ...

But what about Venus, one of Earth’s closest neighbors, or planets and moons even farther away? Scientists and space agencies ...

Space agencies around the world are setting their sights on new frontiers, with plans to explore Venus and other distant ...

This is a NASA Hubble Space Telescope ultraviolet-light image of the planet Venus, taken on January 24 1995, when Venus was at a distance of 70.6 million miles 113.6 million kilometers from Earth.

Washington/Houston: Exploring atmospheric evolution of Venus, a new study has examined a critical transition in the tectonic ...