Venus' atmosphere is made mostly of carbon dioxide, according to NASA. The planet is also shrouded in clouds of sulfuric acid. Because of its heat-trapping atmosphere, Venus has the hottest ...

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A daring and revolutionary plan tosample Venus’s hostile atmosphere was unveiled by a coalition of China’s leading space agencies, including the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the China National Space ...

Using radar data from a NASA mission launched more than three decades ago, scientists have found fresh clues suggesting that ...

Punishing conditions in the clouds of Venus could be home to a DNA-like molecule capable of forming genes in life very different to that on Earth, according to a new study.

A new study reveals fresh signs of geological activity on Venus — clues that the planet's mysterious surface is still ...

New research reveals that Venus may still be geologically alive, with massive circular features pointing to hot plumes ...

The data, the researchers say, contains even stronger proof that phosphine is present in the clouds of Venus, our closest planetary neighbor. Sometimes called Earth’s evil twin, the planet is ...