Venus is a desolate scorching world on which no life can exist. Yet if it can be cooled down, there is no other planet we ...

Alien life could exist on hot, rocky planets, sustained not by water but by a type of salty fluid, new research suggests.

Venus is getting a full makeover. NASA is launching VERITAS to map volcanoes and tectonics, while DAVINCI dives into the atmosphere to sample gases and image ancient surface patterns. On top of that, ...

New simulations suggest that up to four of the solar system's rocky planets, including Earth and a long-lost world, once ...

Another (and, in our view, more important) source of energy for life on Iceheim is the heat coming from its core, underneath ...

All the living creatures we know of on our planet, including us, have body chemistries based on carbon. This is why the study ...

Although temperatures on the surface of the planet are around 450C, about 50km (31 miles) up it can range from 30C to 70C, with an atmospheric pressure similar to Earth's surface.