It’s especially puzzling since Venus is a terrestrial world much like Earth, so much so that it’s considered to be our planet ...

Venus is often called Earth's "sister planet" because of their similarities in size, mass, and composition. Both are rocky ...

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

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

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

Hidden barrier found 400 miles inside Venus that blocks rising hot rock and creates ring-shaped volcanic features called ...

New research presented at the Europlanet Science Congress 2025 in Helsinki suggests that Venus may be concealing some of the ...

You can observe a lot of things from space.' 'Another thing is communication, in real time, especially in war-like situations ...

For centuries, people have wondered whether we’re alone in the universe. No one’s shaken hands with aliens yet, but scientists […] ...

Located in the remote northern reaches of Pennsylvania’s Potter County, Cherry Springs sits atop a 2,300-foot mountain surrounded by the sprawling Susquehannock State Forest. It’s a place where ...

Scientists have proposed a new explanation for Venus' giant, crown-shaped geological features, known as coronae.

The moon is sometimes called "two-faced" because the surface of its side perpetually facing away from Earth looks so different than its side always facing our planet. And the differences run deeper ...