Despite being a hellish world, the hot, cloud-enveloped world Venus is a tantalizing target for scientists eager to learn more about its history, evolution and present state. At the forefront of ...

In the last century, while the United States focused on Mars and the outer planets, the Soviet space program had a tradition of exploring Venus with various probes and landers. Now Russia is planning ...

NASA Deep Atmosphere of Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging” (DAVINCI) will launch to Venus in 2029 ...

The probe will reportedly be able to survive for up to 60 days on Venus' harsh surface, where all others have made it for only a few hours. Managing Editor Alison DeNisco Rayome joined CNET in 2019, ...

The decade of Venus is almost upon us. With three upcoming Venus missions planned from NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), we’re on the cusp of learning more about our neighboring planet than ...

Could a stingray-shaped spacecraft get to the dark side of Venus by flapping its wings? Researchers at the University of Buffalo (UB) are designing a spacecraft shaped like a stingray that could ...

Our closest planetary neighbor, Venus, hasn’t had the same limelight as some of the other planets in the Solar System. But scientists recently announced they found phosphine gas in Venus’s atmosphere ...

Imagine Earth. Now fill the skies with thick, Sun-obscuring clouds of sulfuric acid; boil off the oceans by cranking up the temperature to 900 degrees Fahrenheit (nearly 500 degrees Celsius), and ...

Preface / Larry W. Esposito, Ellen R. Stofan, and Thomas E. Cravens -- Exploring Venus : major scientific issues and directions / Larry W. Esposito, Ellen R. Stofan, and Thomas E. Cravens -- ...

A new spacecraft inspired by the manta ray and designed to surf the clouds of Venus has received a second round of funding from NASA. Dubbed BREEZE or the Bioinspired Ray for Extreme Environments and ...