Imagine standing on a scorched landscape where the ground is cracked and shimmering, and the sky glows a deep, fiery orange.

Our scorching sister planet, Venus, once considered a hellish wasteland, is increasingly becoming a tantalizing target in the search for life beyond Earth. While its surface temperatures, capable of ...

On Friday morning, April 25, the smiley-face moon will be visible in the Ozarks, with the best viewing time from 4:30 am to ...

Venus, the hottest planet in the solar system, is estimated to have 85,000 volcanoes, based on radar images from NASA's 1989 Magellan mission. Now, scientists have a new theory about what fuels the ...

Venus may be far more geologically alive than anyone expected. New research suggests its outer crust could be churning with convection, a process that helps move heat and may explain the planet’s tens ...

Future missions to Venus could also supply additional data on the density and temperature of the planet's crust, which could be used to test the researchers' hypothesis. If crustal convection is ...

Venus, Saturn, and a crescent moon will form a smile-like pattern before sunrise on April 25 — a charming cosmic illusion.

Space exploration missions have revealed that polar vortices aren’t uncommon beyond Earth. They’ve been observed throughout ...

Convection processes beneath Venus' scorched surface may help explain the planet's many volcanoes, a new study reports. Venus, the hottest planet in the solar system, is estimated to have 85,000 ...

Mercury and Venus retrograde, two of the many celestial events some believe can cause turmoil, ended this month.