Lava tubes are familiar on Earth. They form when the surface of a lava flow hardens while molten rock continues to drain ...

Late-stage planetary collisions reshaped Earth and its neighboring planets, delivering water, altering their atmospheres, and ...

A team led by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) compared the early impact histories of Venus and Earth, discovering that Venus experienced higher-energy impacts, resulting in an overheated core.

New research shows hidden Venus asteroids could unleash city-sized impacts. Learn why they’re so hard to spot and how telescopes might find them.

The Venus Orbiter will carry sophisticated instruments, each designed for specific tasks such as the S-band Synthetic ...

With the discovery of ever more exoplanets—over 6,000 now—scientists, of course, want to know if they are habitable for life.

Scientists have shown that Earth’s basic chemistry solidified within just three million years of the Solar System’s formation ...

Any water present on a planet orbiting here can remain liquid, given the right atmospheric pressure. On planets orbiting ...

Watch the crescent moon, Venus and the bright star Regulus align in a rare predawn close conjunction tomorrow.